Footpath under railway bridge, Copley, Skircoat (Halifax)

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The photograph on this page of Footpath under railway bridge, Copley, Skircoat (Halifax) by Humphrey Bolton as part of the Geograph project.

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Footpath under railway bridge, Copley, Skircoat (Halifax)

Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 4 Jun 2006

The bridge was not made wide enough to span both river and footpath; instead the latter is cantilevered out from the bridge abutments. The bridge was built around 1840 to carry the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.700673
Longitude
-1.877274