Bridge 162 Over Trent & Mersey Canal - Moston, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 09.456 W 002° 24.237
30U E 539855 N 5889968
This single arch brick built bridge Carries Dragons Lane over the Trent & Mersey Canal.
Waymark Code: WMW5NT
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/12/2017
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The Trent and Mersey Canal
The Trent and Mersey Canal was the UK's first long distance canal and as the name suggests was built to give a connection to the Rivers Trent and Mersey. (Access to the Mersey was actually via the Bridgewater Canal with some locks at Runcorn that no longer exist).
It opened in 1777 and is 93.5 miles (150.5 km) long and stretches from its connection with the Bridgewater Canal at Preston Brook to its connection with the River Trent at Derwent Mouth.
The Bridge
The bridge and canal lock is a combined Historic England Grade II Listed Building.
"Canal roadbridge, 1777, James Brindley engineer. Painted brown brick. Deep segmental arch; abutments with concave batter and curved in plan; square end-piers; flush stone copings."
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