Arch Bridge 91 On The Lancaster Canal - Scotforth, UK - Stone Bridges on Waymarking.com

The Lancaster Canal was surveyed by John Rennie and most of the bridges on the canal are of a standard design of his.

However at this point the canal is in a deep cutting and the arch of this bridge is much taller than most.

The bridge is a Historic England Grade II Listed Building with the following text "Public road bridge over the Lancaster Canal, late C18th, John Rennie engineer. Sandstone ashlar. Tall, with single elliptical arch. Sides battered and concave on plan. Arch has impost band and triple keystone. String course below solid parapet with rounded top. Flanked by attached round piers." link

The Lancaster Canal
"The Lancaster Canal is a canal in the north of England, originally planned to run from Westhoughton in Lancashire to Kendal in south Cumbria (then in Westmorland). The section around the crossing of the River Ribble was never completed, and much of the southern end leased to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, of which it is now generally considered part.

Of the canal north of Preston, only the section from Preston to Tewitfield near Carnforth in Lancashire is currently open to navigation for 42 miles (67.6 km.

The isolated northern part of the canal was finally connected to the rest of the English canal network in 2002 by the opening of the Ribble Link.

The remaining open part of the Lancaster Canal follows the same elevation contour on maps and is therefore free of locks." link

"The Millennium Ribble Link includes what was Great Britain's first inland waterway to be constructed in nearly 100 years when it was opened in July 2002, and was the first to be built for leisure purposes only, not commercial use. The 4-mile (6.4 km) link connects the once-isolated Lancaster Canal to the River Ribble. From the Ribble it is possible to reach the main navigable system via the River Douglas and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal's Rufford Branch subject to tides and weather conditions." link

Physical Location (city, county, etc.): Scotforth, Lancashire Road, Highway, Street, etc.: Tarnwater Lane Water or other terrain spanned: The Lancaster Canal Architect/Builder: John Rennie Construction Date: 1797

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