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Chorley Road Railway Bridge
Photo: The Wigan Courier
Photo: The Wigan Courier
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Item #: 8474
Item #: 8474
A picture of the railway bridge on Chorley Road. Courtesy of Ruth Meadows of Rectory Lane who's husband Frank took the picture just before it's demolition in 1984. So that people could remember what the bridge looked like.
Comment by: Kurt on 5th January 2009 at 16:09
Where was this bridge? What line did it carry?
Comment by: Roy on 24th February 2009 at 21:00
It was at the bottom of the hill,going from Boars Head to Chorley just after the row of semi houses end,about 400 yds from the London /Glasgow line.It was I think the Whelley loop,it branched off behind the Boars Head signal box.
Comment by: No 3 Piy Winder on 26th June 2009 at 02:40
This bridge carried the Wigan Avoiding Line (Whelley Loop)
which ran from Bamfurlong Sorting Sidings through to Standish Junction on the West Coast Line.
The Boars Head Line was a separate line which ran from
Boars Head box through Red Rock to White Bear and then to Adlington.
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