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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Charlotte Hadfield

City's road to nowhere that could have been a New York style 'promenade in sky'

If you take a walk down Great Crosshall Street it's hard to ignore the remains of a road that now leads to nowhere.

The Churchill Way Flyovers opened in 1970 as part of a city centre inner ring road scheme that was later cancelled and connected Lime Street to Dale Street and Tithebarn Street. It's been more than three years since the 240-metre long structures were demolished in 2019 after they dangerous defects were uncovered.

But huge abutments that once connected the flyovers have remained in the area ever since, with local residents branding them "an eyesore."

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