Bridge 120 Over Shropshire Union Canal - Christleton, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member dtrebilc
N 53° 10.797 W 002° 50.009
30U E 511128 N 5892301
This bridge carries Rowton Bridge Road over the Shropshire Union Canal and is known as Rowton Bridge.
Waymark Code: WMWFA1
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/27/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member fi67
Views: 1


The Canal
Before canals became popular in the UK there was a port on the River Dee at Chester.

After the Trent and Mersy Canal was built a loat of boat traffic diverted to the canal and Chester was worried about losing all its trade and so proposed a canal from the River Dee to connect to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Middlewich with a branch to Nantwich. However the Trent and Mersey Canal were unco-operative about a junction at Middlewich, and so the route to Nantwich was opened in 1779.

Later on in 1795 the Ellesmere Canal was built from Ellesmere Port to connect to the Chester Canal and later after other extensions various parts of the Canal were merged to form the Shropshire Union Canal.

The Bridge
This bridge is over a stretch of the canal which was originally part of the Chester Canal, before it became the Shropshire Union Canal.

It is only wide enough to take single file traffic and the traffic on the bridge is traffic light controlled.

The bridge is a Historic England Grade II Listed Building
"Canal bridge: c.1775 by Samuel Weston for the Chester Canal Company. Washed brick with stone dressings. Segmental brick arch on canted piers, has a keystone and a projecting stone course above. Plain parapet with stone coping turns to form short curving wing walls ending in plain pilasters. These have lost their pyramidal caps." link
What type of traffic does this bridge support?: Motor vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists

What kind of gap does this bridge cross?:
The Shropshire Union Canal


Date constructed: 1775

Is the bridge still in service for its original purpose?: Yes

Name of road or trail the bridge services: Rowton Bridge Road

Location:
Christelton, Cheshire West and Chester


Length of bridge: Not listed

Height of bridge: Not listed

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