This is the High Level Bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal. It was Built to take the Motorway over the Canal. Further towards Manchester all the Bridges are Swing Bridges including the Barton Aqueduct which takes the Bridge Water Canal over the Ship Canal. The Manchester Canal was opened 1894 By Queen Victoria and is Thirty Five and a half miles long. This made Manchester a very busy Inland Port.7 men died putting up this bridge from falling girders.
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