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Bridgewater Canal (Main Line)

The Bridgewater Canal (Main Line) is a broad canal and is part of the Bridgewater Canal. It runs for 27 miles and 2 furlongs from Grocer's Wharf (which is a dead end) to Waterloo Bridge, Runcorn (which is a dead end).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 14 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

It has junctions with the Bridgewater Canal (Stretford and Leigh Branch) at Stretford - Waters Meeting; with the Bridgewater Canal (Hulme Lock Branch) at Hulme Locks Branch Junction - Bridgewater Canal; with the Rochdale Canal at Castlefield Junction; with the Bridgewater Canal (Preston Brook Branch) at Preston Brook - Waters Meeting and with the Bridgewater Canal (Pomona Lock Branch) at Pomona Lock Branch Junction.

Grocer's Wharf Terminus of Bridgewater Canal
Castle Quay Arm Private??	½ furlongs	0 locks
Castlefield Junction Junction of Bridgewater and Rochdale Canals	¾ furlongs	0 locks
Merchants Footbridge No 100B	1 furlong	0 locks
Staffordshire, Kenworthy and other Arms	1¼ furlongs	0 locks
Potato Wharf Arm	1¾ furlongs	0 locks
Footbridge No 100A	1¾ furlongs	0 locks
Egerton Street Bridge No 100	2¾ furlongs	0 locks
Hulme Locks Branch Junction - Bridgewater Canal Branch closed	3¼ furlongs	0 locks
St. Georges Island Footbridge	3¾ furlongs	0 locks
Hulme Hall Arm	4¼ furlongs	0 locks
Hulme Hall Road Winding Hole	4¼ furlongs	0 locks
Hulme Hall Road Bridge No 99	4¾ furlongs	0 locks
Railway Bridge No 98	5¼ furlongs	0 locks
Railway Bridge No 97A	5½ furlongs	0 locks
Cornbrook Road Bridge No 97	7 furlongs	0 locks
Pomona Lock Branch Junction Junction of Bridgewater Canal and Branch to Manchester Ship Canal	1 mile and ¾ furlongs	0 locks
Metrolink or Light Railway Bridge No 96	1 mile and ¾ furlongs	0 locks
Throstle Nest Bridge No 95B	1 mile and 2¾ furlongs	0 locks
Trafford Road Bridge No 95A	1 mile and 2¾ furlongs	0 locks
Trafford Road Bridge No 95	1 mile and 3 furlongs	0 locks
Wharfdale Way Bridge No 94A	1 mile and 3¾ furlongs	0 locks
Sir Matt Busby Way No 94	1 mile and 4 furlongs	0 locks
Manchester United Football Ground "Old Trafford"	1 mile and 4¼ furlongs	0 locks
Warwick Road Bridge No 93	1 mile and 4½ furlongs	0 locks
Old Trafford Eastern Car Park Bridge	1 mile and 4¾ furlongs	0 locks
Old Trafford Pipe Bridge	1 mile and 5 furlongs	0 locks
Trafford Park Power Station Pipe Bridges	1 mile and 5½ furlongs	0 locks
Old Trafford Western Car Park Bridge	1 mile and 5¾ furlongs	0 locks
Euroterminal First Bridge	1 mile and 6¾ furlongs	0 locks
Euroterminal Bridge No 93	1 mile and 7¼ furlongs	0 locks
Railway Bridge No 92	2 miles	0 locks
Railway Bridge No 92 Footbridge	2 miles	0 locks
Frazer Place Pipebridge	2 miles	0 locks
Stretford - Waters Meeting Junction of Bridgewater Canal Main Line and Stretford and Leigh Branch	2 miles and 1 furlong	0 locks
Stretford Railway Bridge No 42	2 miles and 1¼ furlongs	0 locks
Stretford Railway Bridge No 41	2 miles and 1½ furlongs	0 locks
Marland Way Footbridge No 40	2 miles and 1½ furlongs	0 locks
Marland Way Pipebridge	2 miles and 2½ furlongs	0 locks
Marland Way Marina	2 miles and 3 furlongs	0 locks
Longford Old Bridge No 39	2 miles and 4¾ furlongs	0 locks
Longford New Bridge No 39A	2 miles and 5 furlongs	0 locks
Longford Bridge Pipe bridge	2 miles and 5¼ furlongs	0 locks
Edge Lane Old Bridge No 38	3 miles and ½ furlongs	0 locks
Edge Lane New Bridge No 38A	3 miles and ½ furlongs	0 locks
Edge Lane Winding Hole	3 miles and 1½ furlongs	0 locks
Hawthorn Lane Aqueduct	3 miles and 3½ furlongs	0 locks
Hawthorn Lane Footpath Underbridge	3 miles and 4 furlongs	0 locks
Barfoot Aqueduct Aqueduct over River Mersey	3 miles and 6 furlongs	0 locks
M60 Motorway Bridge No 37 Two bridges, one for junction 7 sliproad	3 miles and 7¼ furlongs	0 locks
Dane Road Bridge No 36	4 miles and 1½ furlongs	0 locks
Sale Wharf Sale	4 miles and 5 furlongs	0 locks
Sale Bridge No 35	4 miles and 5½ furlongs	0 locks
Marsland Bridge No 34	5 miles and 1¾ furlongs	0 locks
Sinderland Brook Aqueduct	5 miles and 7½ furlongs	0 locks
Timperley Bridge No 33 Timperley	6 miles and 1¾ furlongs	0 locks
Railway Bridge No 32 Stockport Line	6 miles and 3¾ furlongs	0 locks
Canal Road Underbridge Crossing a small stream	6 miles and 4¾ furlongs	0 locks
Broadheath Bridge No 30	6 miles and 7½ furlongs	0 locks
Oldfield Quay Pipebridge	7 miles and 3½ furlongs	0 locks
Oldfield Quay	7 miles and 4¾ furlongs	0 locks
Seamon's Moss Pipebridge	7 miles and 6¾ furlongs	0 locks
Seamon's Moss Bridge No 29	7 miles and 6¾ furlongs	0 locks
Seamon's Moss Winding Hole Possible Winding Hole???	8 miles and ¼ furlongs	0 locks
Dunham School Bridge No 28 Narrow bridge with pipebridge alongside	8 miles and 6 furlongs	0 locks
Dunham Town Bridge No 27	9 miles	0 locks
Dunham Woodhouse Underbridge Woodhouse Lane (B5160)	9 miles and 3¼ furlongs	0 locks
River Bollin Aqueduct 270yds(247m) of narrow channel across aqueduct	9 miles and 4¾ furlongs	0 locks
Bollington Underbridge	9 miles and 7 furlongs	0 locks
Little Bollington Winding Hole	9 miles and 7½ furlongs	0 locks
The Old Number 3 PH Ye Olde No 3 is a pub which has given its name to the general area.	10 miles and 2¼ furlongs	0 locks
Agden Pipebridge	10 miles and 3 furlongs	0 locks
Agden Bridge No 26	10 miles and 5¾ furlongs	0 locks
Warrington Lane Wharf Lymm Marina and the Barn Owl Inn	11 miles and 1¼ furlongs	0 locks
Burford Lane Underbridge	11 miles and 5 furlongs	0 locks
Grantham's Bridge No 25	11 miles and 6 furlongs	0 locks
Oughtringham Bridge Winding Hole	12 miles	0 locks
Oughtringham Bridge No 24 Also called Lloyd Bridge	12 miles and ½ furlongs	0 locks
Lymm Wharf Winding Hole	12 miles and 4 furlongs	0 locks
Lymm Wharf Lymm Crusing Club	12 miles and 6¼ furlongs	0 locks
Lymm Bridge No 23 Lymm, footbridge is next to road bridge	12 miles and 7½ furlongs	0 locks
Whitbororgh Aqueduct No 22A	13 miles	0 locks
Whitbororgh Winding Hole	13 miles and ½ furlongs	0 locks
Brookfield Bridge No 22	13 miles and 1¼ furlongs	0 locks
Lymm Winding Hole	13 miles and 3 furlongs	0 locks
Barsbank Aqueduct	13 miles and 5 furlongs	0 locks
Ditchfield Bridge No 21	13 miles and 7¼ furlongs	0 locks
M6 Thelwall Viaduct	14 miles and 2¼ furlongs	0 locks
Thelwall Winding Hole	14 miles and 4¾ furlongs	0 locks
Thelwall Underbridge Over Half Acre Lane	14 miles and 7½ furlongs	0 locks
Pickering's Bridge No 19 Pipebridge alongside, access along track off A56 - opposite All Saints Drive	15 miles and 1½ furlongs	0 locks
Cliff Lane Underbridge	15 miles and 5¼ furlongs	0 locks
Knutsford Road Bridge No 18	15 miles and 5½ furlongs	0 locks
Grappenhall Bridge No 17	16 miles and ¼ furlongs	0 locks
Stanny Lunt Bridge No 16	16 miles and 2¾ furlongs	0 locks
Lumb Brook Underbridge Stockton Heath	17 miles and 2 furlongs	0 locks
Stockton Quay Bridge No 15 Wharf and Warehouse	17 miles and 6 furlongs	0 locks
Red Lane Bridge No 14	18 miles and 1 furlong	0 locks
Hough's Bridge No 13 Lower Walton	18 miles and 5 furlongs	0 locks
Walton Lea Footbridge	18 miles and 6¾ furlongs	0 locks
Walton Lea Bridge No 12 Entrance to Walton Park up steps by bridge	18 miles and 6¾ furlongs	0 locks
Walton Bridge No 11	19 miles and ¾ furlongs	0 locks
Chester Road Bridge No 10 A56 Road Bridge and wharf	19 miles and 2¼ furlongs	0 locks
Chester Road Underbridge	19 miles and 2½ furlongs	0 locks
Acton Grange Bridge No 9	19 miles and 3¾ furlongs	0 locks
Acton Grange Pipebridge	19 miles and 5¼ furlongs	0 locks
Acton Grange Bridge No 8	19 miles and 5¾ furlongs	0 locks
Moore Bridge No 7	20 miles and 2¼ furlongs	0 locks
Canal Side Pipebridge Could be a pipebridge / footbridge / cablebridge???	20 miles and 3 furlongs	0 locks
Moorfield Winding Hole	20 miles and 5¼ furlongs	0 locks
Moorfield Bridge No 6 Pedestrian access from Runcorn Rd	20 miles and 5¾ furlongs	0 locks
Keckwick Pipebridge	20 miles and 7½ furlongs	0 locks
Keckwick Bridge No 5A	21 miles	0 locks
Keckwick Bridge No 5 A558 Road Bridge crosses just north of here	21 miles and ¾ furlongs	0 locks
Delph Lane Bridge No 4	21 miles and 4½ furlongs	0 locks
George Gleaves Bridge No 3	21 miles and 6 furlongs	0 locks
Red Brow Underbridge	22 miles and 2¼ furlongs	0 locks
Preston Brook - Waters Meeting Junction with Bridgewater Canal	22 miles and 6 furlongs	0 locks
Preston Brook Roving Bridge	22 miles and 6 furlongs	0 locks
Norton Railway Aqueduct Preston Brook Marina	22 miles and 6¼ furlongs	0 locks
Norton Arm Junction Duke's Wharf	22 miles and 7 furlongs	0 locks
Preston Brook Marina	22 miles and 7½ furlongs	0 locks
Crawley's Bridge No 68	23 miles and ½ furlongs	0 locks
Borrows Bridge No 69	23 miles and 2 furlongs	0 locks
Railway Bridge No 70	23 miles and 3¼ furlongs	0 locks
Norton Town Bridge No 71	23 miles and 5 furlongs	0 locks
New Norton Bridge No 71A	23 miles and 7¼ furlongs	0 locks
Norton Bridge No 72	23 miles and 7½ furlongs	0 locks
New Norton Bridge No 73	24 miles and 1¾ furlongs	0 locks
Old Norton Townfield Bridge No 74	24 miles and 2 furlongs	0 locks
Green's Bridge No 75	24 miles and 6 furlongs	0 locks
Busway Bridge No 76	25 miles	0 locks
Astmoor Spine Road Bridge No 77	25 miles and ¾ furlongs	0 locks
Astmoor Bridge No 78	25 miles and 3 furlongs	0 locks
Expressway Bridge No 79	25 miles and 5 furlongs	0 locks
Expressway Bridge No 80	25 miles and 5¾ furlongs	0 locks
Bate's Bridge No 81	25 miles and 7¼ furlongs	0 locks
Ockleston's Wharf	26 miles and ¾ furlongs	0 locks
Runcorn Pipe Bridge	26 miles and 1½ furlongs	0 locks
Footbridge No 82	26 miles and 2½ furlongs	0 locks
A533 Road Bridge No 83	26 miles and 4 furlongs	0 locks
Delph Bridge No 84	26 miles and 5 furlongs	0 locks
Sprinch Arm Junction Short arm with dry dock	26 miles and 6 furlongs	0 locks
Busway Bridge No 85	26 miles and 6½ furlongs	0 locks
Victoria Arm Junction	26 miles and 6¾ furlongs	0 locks
Footbridge No 86	27 miles	0 locks
Doctors Bridge No 87	27 miles and 1 furlong	0 locks
Runcorn-Widnes Bridge No 88	27 miles and 1¼ furlongs	0 locks
Waterloo Bridge, Runcorn the limit of navigation.	27 miles and 2 furlongs	0 locks