Moore Lane Bridge (Over Manchester Ship Canal) is a Grade II listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 December 1983. Bridge.
Moore Lane Bridge (Over Manchester Ship Canal)
- WRENN ID
- open-footing-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Warrington
- Constituency
- Warrington South MP: Sarah Hall (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 December 1983
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Moore Lane Bridge (Over Manchester Ship Canal), Lapwing Lane, Penketh
- OS grid reference
- SJ 578 853
- Coordinates
- 53.36322, -2.63521
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moore Lane Bridge, built around 1894, is a swing bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal. It features a steel segmental arched riveted structure with a lattice parapet, built-up stanchions, and cross-bracing, along with bracing across the carriageway at a high level. The bridge is operated from the north bank (Penketh Civil Parish) using hydraulic power, similar to the Old Quay Bridge in Runcorn, which has a comparable arrangement of support buildings topped with hipped slate roofs. The southern end of the bridge is located in Moore Civil Parish, Halton Borough. The engineer responsible for the design was Edward Leader Williams.
Local climate
Moore Lane Bridge (Over Manchester Ship Canal) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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