Bridge 48 Over The Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) - Cheswardine, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 52° 50.669 W 002° 24.021
30U E 540387 N 5855139
This single arch stone bridge carries a minor road over the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) and is known as Park Heath Bridge.
Waymark Code: WMYW2Y
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/31/2018
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The bridge is a Historic England Grade II Listed Building.
"Canal bridge. Circa 1830. Thomas Telford and Alexander Easton, engineers. Dressed red sandstone with tooled ashlar dressings. Elliptical arch with voussoirs and flush keystone. Flat string course, and parapet with square end piers and rounded coping. Slightly battered and curved abutment. Cast-iron corner posts on towpath side with grooves caused by rope haulage. This stretch of canal was built as part of the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal (act passed 1826, opened 1835), which was absorbed by the Ellesmere and Chester Canal in 1845 and eventually became part of the Shropshire Union in 1846. Charles Hadfield, The Canals of the West Midlands, pp. 183-9; Thomas Fellow and Paul Bowen, The Shroppie. A portrait of the Shropshire Union Canal."
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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 (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line)
Date constructed: 1830
Is the bridge still in service for its original purpose?: Yes
Name of road or trail the bridge services: Unnamed minor road
Location: Cheswardine, UK
Length of bridge: Not listed
Height of bridge: Not listed
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