Runcorn, Runcorn Bridge And The Transporter Bridge c.1961
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Two of the three bridges which have spanned Runcorn Gap over the River Mersey are seen from Runcorn. To the right is the transporter bridge, which was dismantled in 1961 -2 months after the new single-span road bridge opened on Saturday, 22 July 1961 by HRH Princess Alexandra. The road bridge had taken four years to build, and was very much needed by the time it opened. Sunday and holiday traffic heading to and from North Wales could take up to two hours to cross. If only they had left the transporter standing; it would have made a great attraction today, forty years later.
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