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The viaduct is 800 ft (240 m) long and 87 ft (27 m) above the level of the river. The reinforced concrete piers consist of five sets of four 6 ft (1.8 m) diameter columns supporting a cill beam. The reinforced concrete deck is carried on ten 10 ft (3.0 m) deep
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It was built in 1961 by A. Monk and Co Ltd of Irlam at a cost of some £830,000. Steelwork was manufactured by Robert Watson
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continuous welded plate girders extending over the full length of the bridge. In design terms it is a sister bridge of the
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912:Leigh area
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784:Demolished
775:Wigan Pier
734:DW Stadium
416:Wigan Pier
366:Haigh Hall
227:References
195:Shevington
152:Statistics
51:53°33′42″N
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318:, England
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995:Standish
960:Golborne
950:Atherton
831:May Mill
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176:Location
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970:Hindley
131:History
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79:Carries
985:Orrell
945:Astley
940:Aspull
758:Others
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204:, the
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123:Height
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