edwin_m
Veteran Member
Ah, you are looking at elevating the roads not the railway/tramway, my mistake.
However on their existing sites I think this would be impossible as both ramps for Deansgate Lane and the eastern one at Navigation Road would have to land in areas of housing which if not directly demolished would be severely blighted by overshadowing or losing their vehicle access. Looking at the map I wonder if an alternative to Deansgate Lane might be created by extending Newstead Terrace along one of the two disused trackbeds from Skelton Junction that pass over both the railway and the Metrolink. But for Navigation Road I can't see any alternative other than to replace with a pedestrian footbridge and expect all vehicles to use Woodlands Road.
However on their existing sites I think this would be impossible as both ramps for Deansgate Lane and the eastern one at Navigation Road would have to land in areas of housing which if not directly demolished would be severely blighted by overshadowing or losing their vehicle access. Looking at the map I wonder if an alternative to Deansgate Lane might be created by extending Newstead Terrace along one of the two disused trackbeds from Skelton Junction that pass over both the railway and the Metrolink. But for Navigation Road I can't see any alternative other than to replace with a pedestrian footbridge and expect all vehicles to use Woodlands Road.