Ashton New Road Bridge, Ashton Canal, Manchester

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Ashton New Road Bridge, Ashton Canal, Manchester by Dr Neil Clifton as part of the Geograph project.

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Ashton New Road Bridge, Ashton Canal, Manchester

Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 12 Apr 1981

This bridge, as can be seen from its construction, post-dates the canal by many years. At one time, both Manchester and Ashton-under-Lyne corporations ran trams over the bridge, to be replaced in the 1930s by a joint service of trolleybuses. But all were gone long before the above 1981 photograph. The road is the A662.

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