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.

Date
Direction of view
East
Structures visible

Structure 19 (Leeds-Liverpool Canal underbridge)

Structure 19a (Brimmicroft overbridge)

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