Great Howard Street Road Bridge Over Stanley Dock Link Canal, Liverpool, UK - Arch Bridges on Waymarking.com

The Canal History
The Leeds Liverpool Canal which at 127 miles long is the longest canal in Northern England. It was built between Leeds and Liverpool to carry bulk cargoes such as coal, stone and limestone between 1770 and 1816.

In 1848 the docks of Liverpool were extended and Albert Dock was built with warehouses next to the wharves to allow easy transshipment between boats and warehouses.

The Stanley Dock Branch of the Leeds Liverpool Canal was built at the same time to give the canal boats access to this facility. This enabled cargoes to be quickly transferred between the canal boats and ocean going vessels. However with the introduction of larger steam driven ships, the use of Albert Dock declined and the Stanley Dock Branch fell into disuse and part of the dock area infilled.

These days commercial traffic on the canal has stopped, but it is popular with leisure boaters.

Albert Dock itself has been redeveloped and has a variety of shops, apartments and restaurants and is a popular tourist destination.

As part of the redevelopment it was decided to re-open a canal link from the Leeds Liverpool Canal to the docks area.

As well as re-opening the original Stanley Lock Branch of the canal, a new part of the canal was constructed to provide a connection with Albert Dock.

The tow path along this link canal is accessible on foot, just as is the whole of the mail line of the Leeds Liverpool Canal. However much of the dock area near here has not yet been fully redeveloped and is only accessible to canal boats for large stretches from this point.

In 1990 the bridge becam a Grade II listed building and Historic England has the following details.

GV II Canal Bridge. c.1848. J. Hartley. Granite rubble. Segmental arch with bullnosed vousoirs and parapet. Curved abutments.

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What type of traffic does this bridge support?: Motor vehicles, bikes and pedestrians What kind of gap does this bridge cross?: The Stanley Dock Link of the Leeds Liverpool Canal Date constructed: 1848 Is the bridge still in service for its original purpose?: Yes Name of road or trail the bridge services: Great Howard Street Location: Liverpool, Merseyside Length of bridge: Not listed Height of bridge: Not listed

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