Smithy Bridge

Smithy Bridge is a bridge built around 1800, made of coursed, squared sandstone with tooled-ashlar voussoirs. It features a single span and has a rusticated elliptical arch with a band-rusticated ashlar soffit. The flanking abutment walls have a swept batter and curve to align with the approach roads. The projecting end-piers are connected by a cambered band beneath the parapet wall, which has weathered copings, some of which have been replaced by concrete. The bridge crosses the Elsecar branch of the Dearne and Dove Canal, which was constructed following an act in 1793 and opened in 1804, although it is now largely infilled.