Glebe Street Bridge Over Trent & Mersey Canal - Stoke-On-Trent, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 00.350 W 002° 10.800
30U E 555022 N 5873233
This single span bridge carries Glebe Road over the Trent & Mersey Canal.
Waymark Code: WM105RM
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/03/2019
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"As its name implies, the Trent and Mersey canal (T & M) was built to link the River Trent at Derwent Mouth (in Derbyshire) to the River Mersey. The second connection is made via the Bridgewater Canal, which it joins at Preston Brook in Cheshire. Note that although mileposts measure the distance to Preston Brook and Shardlow, Derwent Mouth is a mile or so beyond Shardlow.
The plan of a canal connection from the Mersey to the Trent ("The Grand Trunk") came from canal engineer James Brindley. It was authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1766 and the first sod was cut by Josiah Wedgwood in July that year at Brownhills, Burslem. In 1777, the canal was completed, including more than 70 locks and five tunnels, with the company headquarters in Stone."
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The bridge has been widened at some point to cater for modern traffic volumes, probably when the nearby dual carriage road, Queensway was built in 1977.
The original arch bridge is still visible below the widened deck.