Survey Data
Reg No
14911011
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Scientific, Technical
Previous Name
Road Bridge
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1790 - 1800
Coordinates
253465, 231641
Date Recorded
22/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch masonry canal bridge, built c.1797, spanning Grand Canal. Squared random rubble, brought to courses. Semi-elliptical arch with dressed voussoirs. Parapets coped with dressed limestone blocks. String course extends to terminal piers. Deck is humped with ramped approaches. Limestone and concrete towing paths flanking canal under bridge.
Appraisal
One of a group of structures associated with the Grand Canal, this bridge is an intact example of the late eighteenth bridges.