Approaching Kay Lane Lock, near Middleton Junction.

Shortly after Kay Lane Lock is Grimshaw Lane Lift Bridge, electrically operated by boaters with a key. The bridge lift vertically on four hydraulic rams.

Approaching the Boat and Horses, Chadderton (on left, behind hotel). Broadway, a major route between Manchester and the motorway, crosses the bridge.

After the Boat and Horses, the canal runs along a new channel built when the M60 motorway was constructed across the line of the canal.

Looking back towards Broadway showing the new channel alongside the motorway.

The canal turns and goes through a tunnel below the motorway. The towpath crosses the motorway by means of a footbridge.

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