2015

SJ6151 : Bethills Bridge north-west of Ravensmoor, Cheshire

taken 9 years ago, near to Ravensmoor, Cheshire East, England

Bethills Bridge north-west of Ravensmoor, Cheshire
Bethills Bridge north-west of Ravensmoor, Cheshire
Bethills Bridge (No 11) across the Llangollen Canal is an accommodation Bridge which carries no public access into adjacent fields.


Bridges on the Llangollen Canal

Navigating west along the Llangollen Canal, bridges are numbered from No 1 near Hurleston Junction through to No 70 at Frankton Junction. Then numbering restarts at No 1 from Frankton Junction, while the sequence from No 71 onwards continues south along the Montgomery Canal.
In recent years, those west of Frankton have been given a W suffix to their number, so Rowson's Bridge No 1W is the same bridge as No 70!

Accommodation Bridges

When the canals (or railways) were built in the 18th and 19th centuries, they were often routed in such a way that farmers and other landowners had their land bisected, so bridges had to be provided to allow access to fields on both sides of the canal. These bridges are frequently referred to as accommodation bridges, and however solid and well constructed, often don't lead anywhere except from one field to another.


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SJ6151, 42 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Roger D Kidd   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 23 September, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 6 August, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 6112 5139 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:3.5002N 2:34.8938W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 6112 5137
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