Bridge 38 Over The Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) - Norbury, UK
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N 52° 48.200 W 002° 18.469
30U E 546663 N 5850617
This single arch stone bridge carries a minor over the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) and is known as Norbury Bridge.
Waymark Code: WMYXQ7
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/07/2018
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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.
After the canal was built to Nantwich the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal was built to connect Nantwich to Authley near Wolverhampton. Eventually these canals and a number of others merged to form the Shropshire Union Canal.
The Bridge
The bridge is a Historic England Grade II Listed Building.
"Road bridge over canal, skew-built. c1829-32. Telford design. Stone, with stone band and copings. Single elliptical arch with voussoirs. Slightly cambered, solid parapet and piers, oval, iron number-plate on south side. Service pipe attached to south side. 2 iron rope fenders."
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The bridge stands next to a wharf at the junction of the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal and The Newport Branch of the canal. The Newport Branch is now disused but the wharf is still a busy place with a marina and moorings.