Bank Hall Aqueduct No 2
Bank Hall Aqueduct No 2 carries a footpath over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Liverpool to Wigan).
Early plans of what would become the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Liverpool to Wigan) were drawn up by John Smeaton in 1876 but problems with Swansea Tunnel caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1782. In 1955 the Conway and Rhondda Canal built a branch to join at Nantwich. The four mile section between Southton and Northcorn was closed in 1888 after a breach at Eastworth. "1000 Miles on The Inland Waterways" by Henry Harding describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Ambersford Aqueduct.

There is a small aqueduct or underbridge here.
| Boundary Bridge No E | 6 furlongs | |
| Sandhills Station Bridge No F | 3½ furlongs | |
| Sandhills Aqueduct No 1 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Bank Hall Winding Hole | 2 furlongs | |
| Bank Hall Railway Bridge No H | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Bank Hall Aqueduct No 2 | ||
| Bank Hall Station Bridge No I | ¼ furlongs | |
| Brasenose Road Aqueduct No 3 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Ceres Street Bridge No K | 2 furlongs | |
| Bedford Place Footbridge No L | 3 furlongs | |
| Miller's Bridge Roadbridge No M | 4¾ furlongs | |
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![Bench mark on Bankhall Street canal bridge. This weathered Ordnance Survey bench mark is on the south side of Bankhall Street on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal bridge parapet - [[5493768]] by John S Turner – 31 July 2017](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/49/37/5493760_5c4a3143_120x120.jpg)

![Bankhall Street canal bridge parapet. Part of the parapet of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal bridge in Bankhall Street. The modern bricks suggest that there was once access to the canal towpath here, but the only access now is via a modern spiral staircase on the other side of the street. There is an Ordnance Survey bench mark on the stonework on the right - [[5493760]] by John S Turner – 31 July 2017](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/49/37/5493768_8f5ae09a_120x120.jpg)

![Bridge I, from the south. Carrying Bankhall Street [A5056] over the Leeds & Liverpool canal. by Christine Johnstone – 26 May 2021](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/91/29/6912959_8ef66656_120x120.jpg)













![Oriel Road footbridge to Glendower Street, Kirkdale. This footbridge links Oriel Road with Glendower Street on the other side of the Liverpool-Southport railway line. There is an Ordnance Survey bench mark on the brickwork on the right hand side of the steps - [[5493688]] by John S Turner – 31 July 2017](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/49/37/5493705_2c70298c_120x120.jpg)
![Bench mark on Oriel Road footbridge, Kirkdale. This Ordnance Survey bench mark is on the north east buttress of the Oriel Road footbridge that crosses the Liverpool-Southport railway line. [[5493705]] by John S Turner – 31 July 2017](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/49/36/5493688_f158b471_120x120.jpg)


![Bank Hall railway station, Merseyside. Opened in 1870 by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, some 20 years after the line opened.View south east towards Sandhills and Liverpool. Compare this with Ben Brooksbank's 1962 image from roughly the same viewpoint: [[1752551]] by Nigel Thompson – 05 March 2011](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/26/58/3265831_105ffbe8_120x120.jpg)



