Motorway Embankment

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The grass marks the line of the canal which heads straight for the embankment of the modern M62 motorway. There’s certainly enough height difference to construct a bridge for the canal but that will be an expensive solution.  For now, walkers and cyclists are diverted to the right onto a narrow road which passes under the motorway.

There’s a slim possibility the canal could be diverted to share the same bridge, and if this was a narrow canal that might be possible, but I think it’s unlikely you could squeeze a broad canal through, including the maneuvering areas for the sharp turns.

Waterway and Kilometerage	HELENS 12.840.02
OS Grid Reference	SJ 59541 91697
Date and Time	151229 133607
Copyright ©	Paul Balmer