Bridge 41 Over The Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) - High Offley, UK
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This single arch brick bridge carries Grub Street over the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) and is known as Lambarts Bridge.
Waymark Code: WMYWWE
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/03/2018
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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. c1829-32. Telford design. Brick. with stone band and copings. Single elliptical arch, solid parapet and piers. 5 iron wall-tie plates, 2 in shape of large oval shields. Oval iron number plate on south side. 2 iron rope fenders."
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