The Droveway Bridge No 3A carries the road from Northampton to Willpool over the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) between Leicester and Wessfield.
Early plans for the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) between Oldcorn and St Helens were proposed by John Green but languished until Thomas Jones was appointed as engineer in 1782. The canal joined the sea near Cambridge. Expectations for manure traffic to Wokingham were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) was closed in 1905 when Ambersford Aqueduct collapsed. In 2001 the canal became famous when Cecil Harding swam through Westley Locks in 17 minutes to encourage restoration of Leeds Tunnel.

There is a bridge here which takes a road over the canal.
| Autherley Junction Toll House | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Autherley Wharf | 5½ furlongs | |
| Autherley Stop Lock Water Point | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Bathurst Bridge No 2 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Turnover Bridge No 3 | ¼ furlongs | |
| The Droveway Bridge No 3A | ||
| Milepost - Nantwich 38 Miles / Autherley Junction 1 Mile | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Wolverhampton Boat Club | 2 furlongs | |
| Wolverhampton Boat Club Footbridge | 2 furlongs | |
| Pendeford Bridge No 4 | 4½ furlongs | |
| Pendeford Stop | 4¾ furlongs | |
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![Turnover Bridge near Dovecotes in Pendeford, Wolverhampton. This is bridge No 3 across the Shropshire Union Canal, and is of a very unusual design.Apart from being a turnover bridge, which allowed horses hauling boats to cross from one side of the canal to the other without being unhitched from the boat, it carried a separate substantial track between Barnhurst Farm and (Upper) Pendeford Farm. This must have been to satisfy local landowners when the canal opened in 1835. The old Barnhurst Farm has been demolished and replaced, and land around used for the Dovecotes housing estate (1970s). The track leading north-west to Pendeford Farm, across the current Pendeford Wood nature area, no longer exists.[[[7454672]]] by Roger D Kidd – 08 April 2023](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/45/77/7457742_cfeb5b16_120x120.jpg)
![Turnover Bridge - the horsey bit, Pendeford. These are sometimes called double bridges, but here it also functioned as a turnover bridge, enabling horses to cross from one side of the canal to the other without being unhitched from their boats, so it is named Turnover Bridge, No 3 across the Shropshire Union Canal. It is open to pedestrians and cyclists. This image shows the narrower horse crossing section. Off to the left is the adjacent farm road crossing. See [[[7454672]]]Looking north, the unusual Grade II listed](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/45/47/7454724_f3c8f32f_120x120.jpg)
















![Shropshire Union Canal turnover bridge at Pendeford. This kind of bridge allowed the towpath to cross from one side of the canal to the other while allowing horse drawn boats to proceed without the horse being unhitched from the vessel. These are also called snake bridges or roving bridges or changeline bridges. This is Bridge No 3 and is very unusual on the top, see [[[940211]]] by Roger D Kidd – 19 May 2009](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/34/27/1342733_8d64fb1e_120x120.jpg)

![Bridge No 3 on the Shropshire Union Canal at Pendeford. This is an 1830s roving bridge, explained here: [[[1342733]]].It is an unusual roving bridge, shown here [[[940211]]].Beyond it is the much newer bridge No 3A which carries The Droveway which links housing estates which occupy land on both sides of the canal. by Roger D Kidd – 19 May 2009](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/34/27/1342759_e5f22e5c_120x120.jpg)
