Portland Drive bridge over the Macclesfield Canal

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Portland Drive bridge over the Macclesfield Canal

Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 1 Aug 2020

Other contributors refer to this as the 'tramroad bridge' but I can't see any evidence of a tramway here on old maps, though there was one a mile or so further north. This is a road bridge c.1827 and listed grade II (list entry 1138711).

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.107053
Longitude
-2.24777