Leeds-Liverpool Canal underbridge, view east, 21 October 1996
Leeds-Liverpool Canal underbridge, view east (see all photos of the same view)
The view east from the canal shows a long length of completed road into the cutting at Brimmicroft, and the span of Brimmicroft footbridge now in place.
Structure 19 (Leeds-Liverpool Canal underbridge)
Structure 19a (Brimmicroft overbridge)
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Abbreviations
How do you describe a road? One way is to use these engineering abbreviations, much loved by the UK's community of road enthusiasts.
