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Old Quay Bridge

Bridges completed in 1894Swing bridges in England
Old Quay Bridge, Runcorn from NE in 2017
Old Quay Bridge, Runcorn from NE in 2017

Old Quay Bridge is a Grade II listed swing bridge in Runcorn, England.

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Old Quay Bridge
Old Quay Street,

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N 53.3439 ° E -2.722 °
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Old Quay Swing Bridge

Old Quay Street
WA7 1NZ , Astmoor
England, United Kingdom
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Old Quay Bridge, Runcorn from NE in 2017
Old Quay Bridge, Runcorn from NE in 2017
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Runcorn
Runcorn

Runcorn is an industrial town and cargo port in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England. Its population in 2021 was 62,100. Runcorn is on the southern bank of the River Mersey, where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap. Runcorn was founded by Æthelflæd of Mercia in 915 AD as a fortification to guard against Viking invasion at a narrowing of the River Mersey. Under Norman rule, Runcorn fell under the Barony of Halton and an Augustinian abbey was established here in 1115. It remained a small, isolated settlement until the Industrial Revolution when the extension of the Bridgewater Canal to Runcorn in 1776 established it as a port which would link Liverpool with inland Manchester and Staffordshire. The docks enabled the growth of industry, initially shipwrights and sandstone quarries. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, it was a spa and health resort but this ended with the growth of polluting industries, especially soap and chemical works. In 1964, Runcorn was designated a new town and expanded eastward, swallowing neighbouring settlements and more than doubling its population.Three bridges span the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal at Runcorn: the Silver Jubilee Bridge, Mersey Gateway, and Runcorn Railway Bridge. Its location between Liverpool and Manchester and its links to the rail, motorway and canal networks have made it a centre for manufacturing, logistics, and wholesale and retail. The town's motto is Navem Mercibus Implere (Latin for "fill the ship with goods"), a classical quotation from Juvenal.