General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Mollie

I only once remember going under the old Chapel Lane bridge, and it was more like a tunnel than a bridge, and shortly thereafter in the early 1970s the new bridge was put in place, which was constructed to the side of the old bridge, and ten over a few days the main line was closed, and the old bridge was demolished, and the new one was slid in place using massive hydraulic rams, then for many years the old road was left in place as it was, with this massive bridge above it, with most of the width of the bridge not used, it was like this for about 15yrs until the mid 1980s when the Wigan Inner Ring Road was built, and the old road was constructed into the five lane, plus central reservation and double pavement configuration it is now

And I bet Tom wishes they had never replaced the old Chapel Lane Bridge