Bridge Over Byrom Street

Bridge over Byrom Street, Liverpool

From Memorials of Liverpool....second edition, revised, with additions.

When the Improvement Act of 1855 was under consideration, a strong desire was felt in many quarters for a high level bridge to be thrown over Byrom Street, connecting William Brown Street with Dale Street on the plan which has been so successfully carried out in the Holborn viaduct in the netropolis. The alarm of the shopkeepers and those interested in property, which it was fancied would be injuriously affected, succeeded in thwarting the project. In the erection of the new library on the side of a steep slope, a broad platform in front became a necessity. This being laid out as a paved street, and terminating abruptly at the west end with a retaining wall, it presentsall the appearance of an unfinished viaductwaiting to carry the line over the valley of Byrom Street and the Haymarket.

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