Thelwall Viaduct

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motorway bridge road bridge viaduct

Thelwall Viaduct is a major motorway bridge in north-west England that carries the M6 over the River Mersey and surrounding waterways near Warrington.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	motorway bridge → road bridge → viaduct →
carries	M6 motorway →
constructionStart	1959 →
country	United Kingdom →
crosses	Manchester Ship Canal → River Mersey →
designedFor	long-distance motorway traffic →
hasAlternativeName	Thelwall Bridge →
hasIssue	periodic structural maintenance requirements → susceptible to high winds →
hasLanes	4 lanes northbound → 4 lanes southbound →
hasSpeedLimit	70 mph (national motorway speed limit), subject to variable restrictions →
hasToll	no →
length	approximately 1.4 kilometres → approximately 4,500 feet →
locatedIn	Borough of Warrington → Cheshire → England →
locatedInRegion	North West England →
locatedNear	Lymm Interchange → M56 motorway → Thelwall → Warrington →
locatedOnRoute	between junction 20 and junction 21 of the M6 →
maintainedBy	National Highways →
material	concrete → steel →
notableFor	carrying one of the busiest motorway routes in the UK → frequent congestion and traffic delays →
numberOfCarriageways	2 →
opened	1963 →
parallelStructure	Thelwall Viaduct (northbound carriageway) → Thelwall Viaduct (southbound carriageway) →
partOf	M6 motorway →
partOfNetwork	Strategic Road Network of England →
passesOver	Trans Pennine Trail → local roads near Thelwall →
roadTypeCarried	motorway →
spans	Mersey Valley →
trafficType	motor vehicles only →
usedBy	cars → coaches → heavy goods vehicles →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Thelwall Viaduct ("Thelwall Viaduct (southbound carriageway)") → Thelwall Viaduct ("Thelwall Viaduct (northbound carriageway)") →	parallelStructure
Manchester Ship Canal →	hasStructure
M6 motorway →	notableStructure