Widnes, The Transporter Bridge c.1955
Photo ref:
W97016

More about this scene
The towers of the bridge were 150ft high and at the top of each there was a lantern with a copper roof. Following the demolition of the bridge one of these lanterns is said to have been briefly used as a sweet shop on the road to Chester. Notice the queue of cars waiting to cross over - the bridge became so busy that on summer weekends in the 1950s it wasn't unknown to have to wait two hours in the queue here.
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