View east from Marsh Lane to Leeds-Liverpool Canal, 16 October 1995

View east from Marsh Lane to Leeds-Liverpool Canal (see all photos of the same view)

Progress on earthworks on this length of the project has been rapid in the last few months. Between Marsh Farm and Riley Green, not only are embankments complete and faced with newly-seeded grass, but the road bed is now forming on long lengths.

Date
Direction of view
East
Structures visible

Structure 17 (Marsh Lane overbridge)

Structure 19 (Leeds-Liverpool Canal underbridge)

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