Leeds-Liverpool Canal underbridge, view east, 17 July 1996
Leeds-Liverpool Canal underbridge, view east (see all photos of the same view)
This picture gives the clearest view of the canal bridge, which is complete at this stage and now carrying one of the motorway's carriageways.
Date
17 July 1996
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
East
Structures visible
Structure 19 (Leeds-Liverpool Canal underbridge)
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