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    The WidnesRuncorn Transporter Bridge crossed the river Mersey and Manchester Ship Canal linking the towns of Runcorn and Widnes. Completed in 1905, it...
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    Jubilee Bridge (originally the RuncornWidnes Bridge or informally the Runcorn Bridge) crosses the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal at Runcorn Gap...
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    the programme's plot had the bridge being dismantled and re-erected in Arizona, US. The Widnes-Runcorn Transporter Bridge, demolished in the early 1960s...
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    stations of Widnes and Hough Green are listed, as are the former Widnes Town Hall and the former power house of the transporter bridge. Widnes is on the...
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    The Runcorn Railway Bridge, Ethelfleda Bridge or Britannia Bridge crosses the River Mersey at Runcorn Gap between Runcorn and Widnes in Cheshire, England...
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    (1990). Old Runcorn. Halton Borough Council. Thompson, Dave (2000). Bridging the Years: The Story of Runcorn-Widnes Transporter Bridge. Runcorn: Dave Thompson...
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  • 2017 Runcorn Railway Bridge, a rail bridge opened in 1868 Silver Jubilee Bridge or RuncornWidnes Bridge, a road bridge opened in 1961 WidnesRuncorn Transporter...
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    Bridge in 1977), it replaced the WidnesRuncorn Transporter Bridge, a 19th-century steam-powered cable-truss transporter that carried four cars in 2½ minutes...
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    River Mersey (redirect from Runcorn Gap)
    the now demolished Widnes-Runcorn Transporter Bridge opened and took cars and passengers via a cable car. The Silver Jubilee Bridge, completed in 1961...
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    Widnes is an industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, on the north bank of the River Mersey where it narrows at Runcorn Gap. The town...
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