The Bridge

at 1-5 Bridge End, Leeds , LS2 8AR United Kingdom

1. Pub
2. Gay Bar
3. Local Business

<p><b>Leeds Bridge</b> is a historic river crossing in <a href="/pages/w/107709815923527">Leeds</a>, England. The present cast iron road bridge dates from 1730. It is <a href="/pages/w/1413734828863883">Grade II listed</a>.</p><p>The medieval town of Leeds centred on 13th century burgess building plots either side of a wide road from the river crossing called Bridge Gate, now <a href="/pages/w/105714002795857">Briggate</a>. A wool cloth market operated at Leeds Bridge, becoming the centre of wool trade for the <a href="/pages/w/129157747125993">West Riding of Yorkshire</a> in the late 17th century.</p><p>A medieval bridge was built at the site of a ferry across the <a href="/pages/w/106020856095096">River Aire</a>. It was widened in 1730 and 1760. The bridge was rebuilt in 1870-73 by <a href="/pages/w/142485709096285">W. H. Barlow</a> to a design by T. Dyne Steel. The iron was cast by John Butler of <a href="/pages/w/111841392166093">Stanningley</a>. The cast iron <a href="/pages/w/103818599656651">balustrade</a> is of rings and flowers. The east side bears the arms of the Corporation of Leeds (crowned owls and fleece). The western side has the names of civic dignitaries on a plaque.</p><p>In 1875 thousands of local inhabitants crammed onto the bridge, Briggate and local streets to watch <a href="/pages/w/220830698099182">The Theatre</a> burning down.</p><p>Leeds Bridge marks the western terminus of the <a href="/pages/w/112937512089205">Aire and Calder Navigation</a> which opened in 1700 creating a vital goods transportation infrastructure.</p><h2>Pioneering moving image</h2><p>In 1888 <a href="/pages/w/109054372446305">Louis Le Prince</a> made a pioneering moving picture recording of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Le_Prince%23Traffic_Crossing_Leeds_Bridge_%28LPCCP_Type-1_MkII%29" class="wikipedia"><i>Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge</i></a> from an upstairs window of No 19 Bridge End, then Hicks the Ironmongers.</p>

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The Bridge is Leeds based place and this enity listed in Gay Bar category. Located at 1-5 Bridge End LS2 8AR. Contact phone number of The Bridge: 0113 2444734