Gathurst Viaduct

Gathurst Viaduct carries the M6 motorway across the Douglas valley at Shevington, Wigan, Greater Manchester.

Gathurst Viaduct

Coordinates	53.5617°N 2.7009°W / 53.5617; -2.7009
Carries	6 lanes of motor traffic (M6 motorway)
Crosses	Douglas Valley
Locale	Gathurst, Shevington, Wigan, Greater Manchester
Characteristics
Total length	245m (800 ft)
Height	22.8m (75 ft)
History
Construction cost	c. £830,000
Opened	December 1961
Statistics
Daily traffic	100,000 vehicles per day
Gathurst Viaduct Location in Greater Manchester

The second largest bridge on the M6 motorway, it lies between junctions 26 and 27. Constructed in 6 spans, it crosses the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, the Manchester to Southport railway line and the River Douglas itself.

The viaduct is 800 feet long and 87 feet above the level of the river. The reinforced concrete piers consist of five sets of four 6 ft diameter columns supporting a cill beam. The reinforced concrete deck is carried on ten 10 feet deep continuous welded plate girders extending over the full length of the bridge.[1] In design terms it is a sister bridge of the Rakewood Viaduct on the M62 motorway near Littleborough.

It was built in 1961 by A. Monk and Co Ltd of Irlam at a cost of some £830,000. Steelwork was manufactured by Robert Watson Steelwork Ltd of Bolton.

References

"Construction of the M6 Gathurst Viaduct". Wiganworld. Retrieved 4 July 2019.

Buildings and structures in Wigan Borough, England
Buildings	Astley Green Colliery Museum Bedford Hall, Leigh Billinge Hospital Bispham Hall Damhouse, Astley Garrett Hall Haigh Hall Leigh Spinners Leigh Town Hall Mather Lane Mill May Mill Morleys Hall, Astley Museum of Wigan Life Wigan Town Hall Trencherfield Mill Wigan Pier Winstanley Hall
Places of worship	All Saints' Church, Wigan Chowbent Chapel Christ Church, Ince-in-Makerfield Christ Church, Pennington St David's Church, Haigh St George's Church, Tyldesley St James and St Thomas, Poolstock St John's Church, Wigan St John the Baptist's Church, Atherton St John the Divine's Church, Pemberton St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Leigh St Jude's Church, Wigan St Mary the Virgin's Church, Leigh St Mary's Church, Wigan St Matthew's Church, Wigan St Michael and All Angels' Church, Howe Bridge Catholic Church of St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith St Peter's Church, Hindley St Peter's Church, Westleigh Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Hindsford St Stephen's Church, Astley St Stephen's Church, Whelley St Thomas' Church, Ashton-in-Makerfield St Wifrid's Church, Standish Tyldesley Top Chapel
Education	St John Rigby College, Wigan University Technical College Wigan Wigan and Leigh College Winstanley College
Transportation	Adam Viaduct Appley Bridge railway station Atherton railway station Bryn railway station Gathurst railway station Gathurst Viaduct Hag Fold railway station Hindley railway station Leigh railway station Lower Ince railway station Orrell railway station Pemberton railway station Wigan bus station Wigan North Western railway station Wigan Wallgate railway station
Shopping complexes	The Galleries Grand Arcade
Sport and Entertainment	DW Stadium Edge Hall Road Leigh Sports Village Wigan Casino
Others	Mab's Cross Mesnes Park Wigan Pier
Demolished	Atherton Hall Barnfield Mills Bedford Colliery Bickershaw Colliery Central Park stadium Chaddock Hall Gibfield Colliery Hilton Park Old Town Hall Parsonage Colliery Pennington railway station Springfield Park Standish Hall Tyldesley railway station Westleigh railway station Wigan Central railway station Wigan Darlington Street railway station
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Listed buildings in	Abram Ashton-in-Makerfield Aspull Astley Atherton Billinge and Winstanley Golborne Haigh Hindley Ince Leigh Orrell Shevington Standish Tyldesley Wigan Worthington

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