Ah, so you know the town!
I'm not sure when the bridge was built but I was aware that there used to be a crossing on Railway Road. I can (just) remember the bridge being raised when the railway was electrified in 1974 or thereabouts. I can also just about remember the vast colliery sidings ( I have a photocopy of a map from 1928 which shows just how vast they were) and diesel shunting engines, up until the early 80s. My model railway "Makerfield" is heavily based on the feel of the area in the late 1970s.
http://www.railwayforum.net/showthread.php?t=882
The attached pic of the other Golborne station, "Golborne North" on the St. Helens and South Lancashire railway, shows how different the two stations were.
"The London and North Western Company's main line from London to the north passes through the township, and has a station at Golborne; at the southern end is a junction with the loop-line connecting with the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The St. Helens and South Lancashire Railway (Great Central) crosses the northern part of the township, and has a station called Golborne."
from A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4 (1911)
Pete