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Re: 4mph speed limit over the Penny Bridge.
[Re: keef666]
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28th Jan 2021 8:57pm
28th Jan 2021 8:57pm
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Love to know if the Penny Bridge, Bidston road and the end of the bye pass used to get flooded every time we have a drop of rain, like it does now? Progress!!!!! The bridge didn't flood until they dammed Bidston Dock except for a very small number of times that there was a real freak tide which flooded all of the docks for very brief periods. The entrance to the great culvert (by the mini-roundabout) had problems because of the Birket, prior to the culvert the land was pretty much swamp anyway. The land was drained and the Birket diverted/channelised in order to build the railway. The by-pass is relatively new, iirc it was built then rebuilt after the M53 but I'm not too sure on that.
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Re: 4mph speed limit over the Penny Bridge.
[Re: diggingdeeper]
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30th Jan 2021 11:07am
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I think Keef is referring to the Wallasey end of Wallasey Bridge Road, by the Liverpool Victoria Rowing Club. As he says, like it still floods today after some heavy rainfall. ![[Linked Image]](https://i2-prod.liverpoolecho.co.uk/incoming/article17280428.ece/ALTERNATES/s1227b/0_Wirral-nostalgia-Weather.jpg) 'Floods at a level crossing in Wallasey, July 1958, after a day of torrential rain. The floods extended for around 25 yards near to the Penny Bridge' (Image: Liverpool Echo) I take it this level crossing was just for freight, to and from the docks?
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