Half a Bridge
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Half a Bridge
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 6 Jan 2012
The remains of the bridge where Ainsworth Road used to cross the (now dismantled) Liverpool and Bury (later Lancashire and Yorkshire) Railway. There is no other visible sign of the former railway with housing having been built on both sides of Ainsworth Road. The other side of the bridge, which would have been on the left in this photograph, was removed in the early 1990s; replaced by Image] which gives access to the housing estate built at that time. The Liverpool and Bury Railway was formed in 1845. In 1847, it was incorporated into the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and from 1922, until nationalisation, was part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The line between Bolton and Bury was closed in 1970 and part of the route is now a footpath although it has been built over in other places, such as here. http://www.lyrs.org.uk/the_railway/ - The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Society http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire_and_Yorkshire_Railway - L&YR article on Wikipedia
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Image Location
Latitude
53.571726
Longitude
-2.337763