Shard Bridge is a bridge in the English

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

. It spans the

River Wyre The River Wyre is a river in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, which flows into the Irish Sea at Fleetwood. It is approximately 28 miles (45 km) in length. The river is a County Biological Heritage Site and has a sheltered estuary ...

, connecting Singleton, on the southern side of the river, to Hambleton, on its northern side (an area known locally as "

Over Wyre Over Wyre is the collective name given to a group of villages in Lancashire, England, situated on the Fylde, to the north and east of the River Wyre. The group is usually considered to include Hambleton, Stalmine, Knott End-on-Sea, Preesall, ...

"), carrying both automotive and pedestrian traffic of Shard Road (the A588). The word ''shard'' is a Roman term for "low crossing point on a river".''A History of Blackpool, the Fylde and south Wyre'', Nick Moore (2018), p. 21 The original bridge was built in 1864, and it went on to replace a

ferry A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...

service between Stanah and Wardleys Creek further downstream to the west. The bridge was moved a few yards downstream in 1993 when the first of its two current iterations was constructed. Formerly a toll bridge, Shard Bridge is now a free

municipal A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

crossing.TheFylde.com

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* The 1988 New Shard Bridge scheme by Lancashire County Council:

Bridges across the River Wyre Buildings and structures in the Borough of Wyre Buildings and structures in the Borough of Fylde Bridges completed in 1864 Bridges completed in 1993 Former toll bridges in England Singleton, Lancashire Hambleton, Lancashire {{UK-bridge-struct-stub