Bridge 141 Trent and Mersey Canal - Rode Heath, Cheshire.
N 53° 06.799 W 002° 17.687
30U E 547203 N 5885108
Bridge 141 is located on the Trent and Mersey Canal in Rode Heath.
Waymark Code: WMVGP8
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/17/2017
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This is a brick built bridge which takes a minor road, Low Street, over the canal. It is located on the Trent and Mersey Canal in Rode Heath. There is access to the tow path at this bridge.
The bridge number 141 is carved in stone plaques set into the parapets above the arch on each side of the bridge.
'Rode Heath Bridge No 141 is a minor waterways place on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich) between Harding's Wood Junction (Junction of Trent and Mersey Canal and Hall Green Branch) (3 miles and ¾ furlongs and 13 locks to the southeast) and Wharf Bridge No 154 (Wheelock ) (3 miles and 6¼ furlongs and 13 locks to the west).' Source: (
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The Trent and Mersey Canal is a 93.5-mile long canal (150.5 km) in the East Midlands, West Midlands, and north-west of England, from Shadlow to Preston Brook. The first sod was cut by Josiah Wedgwood in July 1766 year Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. The canal was completed in 1777 and included more than 70 locks and five tunnels, with the company headquarters in Stone. (
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