Approaching Lyme Road Bridge
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Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 15 Sep 2009
On the Macclesfield Canal near Higher Poynton. Along this section of the canal the traditional arch bridge was not used. The type with the flat deck like this one seen here was much easier to reconstruct when mining subsidence reduced the headroom too far.