The Runcorn Bridge is bridge of steel construction which crosses the River Mersey linking the towns of Runcorn and Widnes. It is the longest bridge of its type in the United Kingdom. The River Mersey is a river in the north west of England. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Arms of the former Widnes Borough Council Widnes, in the unitary authority of Halton, Cheshire, England owes its existence to the chemical industry. ...
The bridge is the first (road) crossing of the Mersey after the two toll tunnels at Liverpool. It is itself free to cross, though this may change if a second proposed crossing slightly further upstream is built. The word toll can mean more than one thing: In the context of roads, see toll road and toll bridge In the context of New Zealand transport, see Toll NZ In the context of Australian transport, see Toll Holdings In the context of genetics, see toll (gene) In the context... Liverpools skyline, as seen from the River Mersey. ...
RUNCORN, a market town and river-port in the Northwich parliamentary division of Cheshire, England, on the S. of the estuary of the Mersey 16 m.
Runcorn is a sub-port of Manchester, with which it is connected by the Manchester Ship Canal, and has extensive wharfage and warehouse accommodation.
A transporter bridge between Runcorn and Widnes, with a suspended car worked by electricity to convey passengers and vehicles (the first bridge of the kind in England) was constructed in 1902.
Runcorn was not mentioned in the 1086 Domesday survey, though surrounding villages of Halton, Weston, Aston, Sutton and Stockham were.
Runcorn consists of the 'old town' which began expansion on farmland during the Industrial Revolution brought by the Bridgewater Canal; and the 'new town' which was built from the 1960s onwards to house overspill population from Liverpool.
Runcorn is well served by roads (the M56 motorway passes to the south of the town, and fast Expressways run round and through the new town), railways (Runcorn station on the Liverpool to Crewe line and Runcorn East of the Chester to Warrington line) and is within 15 minutes drive of Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
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