What is recorded here
This green commemorative plaque records: Skew Bridge 1829 The new railway line from Liverpool to Manchester crossed the turnpike road at an angle of 34° This bridge was the first of its kind in the world to carry a road over a railway. Recorded plaque organisation: Rainhill Civic Society.
Skew Bridge, constructed in 1829, was pioneering as the first bridge in the world designed to cross a railway at an oblique angle, facilitating the intersection between the Liverpool to Manchester railway line and a turnpike road.
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