Thelwall Viaduct
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The Thelwall Viaduct (grid reference SJ664883) is a steel composite girder viaduct in Lymm, Warrington, England. It carries the M6 motorway across the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey. It is between junctions 20 and 21 of the M6, the former being also known as junction 9 of the M56.
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Thelwall Viaduct | |
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Coordinates | 53.3906°N 2.5059°W / 53.3906; -2.5059 |
Carries | M6 |
Crosses | Manchester Ship Canal River Mersey |
Locale | Lymm/Woolston, Cheshire |
Maintained by | National Highways |
Characteristics | |
Design | Plate girder bridge |
Material | Reinforced concrete, Steel |
Total length | 4,414 ft (1345.4 m) northbound 4,500 ft (1371.6 m) southbound |
Longest span | 336 ft (102.4 m) |
Clearance below | 93 ft (28.3 m) |
No. of lanes | 4 each direction Slip road on the northbound descent |
History | |
Constructed by | Leonard Fairclough (1963) |
Fabrication by | Dorman Long (1963) |
Opened | First bridge: 29 July 1963 Second bridge: 23 December 1996 |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | 167,565 (2018) Count point |
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