Bridge 15 Over The Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) - Brewood, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 52° 41.150 W 002° 11.047
30U E 555149 N 5837635
This single arch brick bridge carries Shutt Green Lane over the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) and is known as Skew Bridge.
Waymark Code: WMYYRJ
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/12/2018
Views: 3
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, c1830. Engineer Thomas Telford. Brick with single toothed arch. Skew to canal. Band to plain parapet."
link