Union Street Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Bridge.

Union Street Bridge

WRENN ID
fallow-gravel-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1994
Type
Bridge
Address
Union Street Bridge, Redhill Street
OS grid reference
SJ 851 986
Coordinates
53.48427, -2.22506
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Union Street Bridge is a towpath and public road bridge over the Rochdale Canal, built in the later 19th century, rebuilt in 1903, and recently restored. It is a roving or turn-over bridge made of cast iron and brick, featuring sandstone terminal piers. The bridge crosses the canal diagonally and has cast-iron panelled parapets. On the south side, there is a tow-path deck with a similar but lower parapet, and a spiral ramp at the south end with brick sides and a cobbled deck that leads down to the towpath tunnel. This bridge replaced an earlier swivel bridge, which in turn replaced a drawbridge built with the canal in 1804. It is included for its group value.

Local climate

Union Street Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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