Bridge 145 Over Shropshire Union Canal - Ellesmere Port, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 16.780 W 002° 53.150
30U E 507612 N 5903387
This brick built single span arch bridge carries a small track over the Shropshire Union Canal.
Waymark Code: WMWB9W
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/07/2017
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The Shropshire and Union Canal
The first part of the canal between Ellesmere Port and Chester was started in 1795 and then later extended.
"The canal lies in the counties of Staffordshire, Shropshire and Cheshire in the north-west midlands of England. It links the canal system of the West Midlands, at Wolverhampton, with the River Mersey and Manchester Ship Canal at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, 66 miles (106 km) distant.
The "SU main line" runs southeast from Ellesmere Port on the River Mersey to the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal at Autherley Junction in Wolverhampton. Other links are to the Llangollen Canal (at Hurleston Junction), the Middlewich Branch (at Barbridge Junction), which itself connects via the Wardle Canal with the Trent and Mersey Canal, and the River Dee (in Chester). With two connections to the Trent and Mersey (via the Middlewich Branch and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal) the SU is part of an important circular and rural holiday route called the Four Counties Ring.
The SU main line was the last trunk narrow canal route to be built in England. It was not completed until 1835 and was the last major civil engineering accomplishment of Thomas Telford."
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The bridge
The bridge is known as Stanlow Bridge and carries a small track that connects with Cromwell Road over the canal.
The bridge was probably built as an accommodation bridge, but development of the area after the canal was built has led it to be somewhat isolated now, especially since the building of the M53 motorway.
One side of the bridge also has a pipe across the canal.