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Widnes Dock with filled-in lock chamber (2007) Map of Spike Island (1875) showing the location of Widnes Dock. Widnes Dock was the first rail-to-ship facility in the world. [1] It was built in 1833 between the end of the Sankey Canal and the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway in Widnes. [2]
Widnes Dock Junction and the flat crossing were causing problems of congestion and the LNWR dealt with this by building a deviation line of just under 1.5 miles (2 km) to the north of the original west–east line, crossing the line leading north to St Helens by a bridge.
From the peak of Cahas Mountain to near the Roanoke County line, near the junction of U.S. Route 220 and Naff Rd. 37°08′03″N 79°59′09″W / 37.134167°N 79.985833°W / 37.134167; -79.985833 ( Cahas Mountain Rural Historic
SR 640 (Blue Grass Valley Road) Blue Grass: US 220 (Potomac River Road) Forks of Waters: West Virginia CR 25 Bridge CR 25 (Moyers Gap Road) Cave / Moatstown: Johnstown Road Bridge CR 23 (Johnstown Road) Franklin
SR 620 (Old Bethany Road) Rocks Church Road SR 633 (Hixburg Road) Augusta [7] 5.99 9.64 SR 254 (Hermitage Road) Hildebrand Church Road Purple Cow Road SR 611 (Dooms Crossing Road) Gap between segments ending at different points along SR 865 Gap between a dead end and US 340: Bath [8] 0.55 0.89 SR 645 (Old Mill Road) Court House Hill Road ...
Afton Grove Rd., approximately 0.75 miles north of its junction with Brickland Rd. 36°54′02″N 78°06′44″W / 36.900556°N 78.112222°W / 36.900556; -78.112222 ( Jones Kenbridge
Consequently Widnes dock was accessed by Mersey flat boats which could transport goods downstream to the Port of Liverpool or along the canal network. [4] The dock could hold up to 40 vessels, and have a single Mersey flat loaded with 70 tons of coal from a railway wagon, and en route to Liverpool in 40 minutes. [3]
Known as Monticello Avenue, it runs for 3.7 miles (6.0 km) from State Route 5 (SR 5) southwest of Williamsburg, Virginia to the junction of State Route 321, State Route 615, and State Route 613 and serves as a spur route of SR 5. [10]