Brimmicroft footbridge, view north west, 14 February 1997
Brimmicroft overbridge, view north west (see all photos of the same view)
This high-level view shows the motorway west from Brimmicroft (at the bottom) through to almost the M61. The footbridge at Brimmicroft also carries a piped watercourse across the motorway, where the new road cuts through well below the water level. The pipeline for this appears to be visible across the bridge.
Structure 17 (Marsh Lane overbridge)
Structure 17a (Marsh Farm overbridge)
Structure 19 (Leeds-Liverpool Canal underbridge)
Structure 19a (Brimmicroft overbridge)
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