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- ...and dovestones from hollin brown knoll.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Yeoman's Hey, Saddleworth Moor]] ...iver Tame, Lancashire|River Tame]] and others high on the fell slopes of [[Saddleworth Moor]] on the west side of the [[Pennines]]. ...11 KB (1,646 words) - 19:35, 28 July 2015
- ...t would pass through a tunnel at [[Standedge]] before descending through [[Saddleworth]] and thence across into Lancashire to the [[River Tame, Lancashire|Tame]] ...humb|280px|Saddleworth Viaduct, bearing the railway over the canal between Saddleworth and Dobcross]] ...13 KB (2,032 words) - 13:11, 28 June 2016
- ...he motorway's highest point, 1,221 ft above sea level at Windy Hill near [[Saddleworth Moor]] is the highest point of any motorway in England.<ref name="autogener ...nctions 21 and 22 on the uphill section towards Windy Hill is the Rakewood Viaduct which carries the road over the Longden End Brook.{{sfn|Johnson|1972|p=8 |p ...35 KB (5,006 words) - 18:48, 5 September 2023
- ...e Bromwich]] (J5) and Gravelly Hill (J6), which at 3½ miles is the longest viaduct in Great Britain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ciht.org.uk/motorway/m5m6mi ...ints on any motorway in the UK (junction 22 of the [[M62 motorway|M62]] on Saddleworth Moor is higher). The motorway engineers here chose to follow the route of t ...37 KB (5,022 words) - 13:19, 20 January 2018