Cathedral Approach Bridge
Cathedral Approach Bridge carries the road from Castleley to Wessstone over the Manchester Ship Canal (River Irwell Upper Reach) just past the junction with The Huddersfield Broad Canal.
Early plans of what would become the Manchester Ship Canal (River Irwell Upper Reach) were drawn up by Barry Edwards in 1888 but problems with Ashfield Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1835. Expectations for pottery traffic to Oldton never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Torquay power station was enough to keep it open. The 7 mile section between Northpool and Braintree was closed in 1955 after a breach at Redcar. In Nicholas Thomas's "Travels of The Barge" he describes his experiences passing through Macclesfield Tunnel during the Poll Tax riots.

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Hunts Bank | 1½ furlongs | |
| Victoria Railway Station Bridge | 1 furlong | |
| Salford Bridge (Salford) | ½ furlongs | |
| Cathedral Approach Bridge | ||
| Victoria Bridge (Salford) | ¼ furlongs | |
| Blackfriars Bridge | 1 furlong | |
| Chapel Wharf Footbridge | 2¼ furlongs | |
| New Bailey Street Bridge | 3 furlongs | |
| New Quay Street - Irwell Street Bridge | 4¼ furlongs | |
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![Victoria Street. In the centre of the picture is Cathedral Approach which was the vehicular access to Exchange Station. Later it became the entrance to a car park [[3710122]]. Now it leads the new high rise office buildings have been built as part of the Greengate Development. On the right, leading past the cathedral, the end of Victoria Street is now pedestrianised. by Gerald England – 09 April 2021](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/81/55/6815546_4527456d_120x120.jpg)












![Bridges over the Irwell. On the left is Cathedral Approach [[3710122]] which formerly carried the railway into Manchester Exchange Station but now leads only to the NCP car park. On the right is Chapel Street bridge carrying the A6041. Behind it is the railway bridge leading out of Victoria Station. by Gerald England – 17 October 2013](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/71/01/3710144_1540a6f2_120x120.jpg)






![Leyland National at Salford Victoria Bridge Bus Station. Greater Manchester Transport Leyland National 138 (JNA 594N) stands at the former Salford (Victoria Bridge) Bus Station. The bus station sat on a plot of land bounded by the Irwell, Victoria Bridge Street, Chapel Street and the approach ramp to Exchange Station (which can be seen behind the bus in this photo).The bus station closed in the 1980s following the construction of the Arndale Centre which had its own bus station and the Victoria Bridge site was used as a car park for several years until it was redeveloped as “Greengate Square†in 2012 ([[[3197416]]]). by David Dixon – February 1982](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/51/42/6514279_bbb6820e_120x120.jpg)


