Metal Bracket on old railway bridge

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Metal Bracket on old railway bridge

Image: © BrianPritchard Taken: 5 Feb 2008

While walking the Wirral Way, along a disused railway line, nearly every bridge had the same metal brackets on them. They were in groups of four, but only on one side, both ends. I wonder what they were for?

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Image Location

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53.289841
Longitude
-2.986142