Trafford Road Bridge

Image: © Gerald England Taken: 21 Aug 2017

The Grade II Listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1356520 Trafford Road Swing Bridge was built by John Butler & Co in 1892. The bridge carries the A5063 road across the Manchester Ship canal. It was designed to carry road traffic over the canal but was able to swing to allow ships to pass into and out of Pomona Docks. The hydraulic operating station was located immediately adjacent on the north bank of the canal. In 1998 it was refurbished and fixed in place as part of a scheme to widen the road crossing to a dual carriageway, with a new bridge built alongside it on the eastern side. Northbound traffic uses the old bridge and southbound traffic the adjacent bridge. On the left 614 flats in five blocks are being developed on the site of the former UGC Multiplex Cinema at Clippers Quay. The old cinema which was the first multiplex in Greater Manchester and the second in the UK was opened by Cannon in December 1986. Later it became MGM, Virgin and then UGC before closing in 2001 and laying derelict until demolished in 2015 http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/25895

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