Photo-a-Day  (Wednesday, 4th January, 2017)

I like this. Monochrome seems to bring out details that colour misses.
A good one David

I like this one. It quite clearly shows the beauty and skill of the builders.

Looks like a 1960s shot of the Whelley line bridge and still used. But I think the sign says, "Danger of falling Masonry hazard". I can see the brickwork deteriorating fast. The Lancashire Union Railway Co, built the bridge and railway in 1869 and survived until the 1970s.
A lottery grant is needed to preserve the bridge and indeed the Whelley Viaduct on the same stretch of track, but a won't hold my breath.
David a lovely shot.

How do you get to this bridge??

Great shot David, Thanks for the post.

Alex, turn down Leyland Mill Lane near the Cherry Gardens. Keep left at the mini roundabout and keep going. You will reach it in about half a mile.

Haven't seen this in donkeys' years. Fine shot - similar bridge used to be at the lower end of Blackrod near the Adlington boundary, about half a mile from White Bear station.
Passenger trains on the Lancashire Union Railway from Wigan NW to Blackburn finished in 1960. As Garry mentions above, freight continued to about 1970.

Great photo, is this what we used to call 20 bridges

No Derek, the 20 bridges is indeed the viaduct further up the track.

For anyone who may be unsure of it's location, ( there may be one or two ), in July 2016, Philip Gormley uploaded a rather good watercolour of this viaduct on Wigan World Album, under the heading { Places/ Douglas Valley / item # 28152 } Although a little artistic licence has been applied in the depiction of it's surroundings, the viaduct itself remains essentially the same. This arch would be to the extreme right of the frame in Philip's painting.

To see a real working environment of the Whelley Viaduct taken in 1970, go to search and item number 5268, you won't be disappointed.
Thanks to Winder.