The Bridge to Nowhere
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The Bridge to Nowhere
Image: © David Hignett Taken: 3 Aug 2005
If you head towards Wigan from the M6 Jn27, you can see the original plan was to build a nice new road to bypass sleepy Standish. They even built a bridge to carry the A5209 over this new highway, which no-one seemed keen to pay for. The result is known locally as the "Bridge to Nowhere", but should more accurately be known as the bridge over nothing!
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