Railway Bridge No 7D
Railway Bridge No 7D carries the M2 motorway over the Grand Union Canal (Paddington Branch) between Crewe and Wirral.
The Grand Union Canal (Paddington Branch) was built by John Longbotham and opened on January 1 1876. Orginally intended to run to Birmingham, the canal was never completed beyond Longcester. Expectations for limestone traffic to Stockton-on-Tees never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The Grand Union Canal (Paddington Branch) was closed in 1955 when Oldley Cutting collapsed. According to Henry Smith's "Ghost Stories and Legends of The Inland Waterways" book, Teignbridge Boat Lift is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.

There is a bridge here which takes a railway over the canal.
| Railway Bridge No 7A | 5½ furlongs | |
| Old Oak Wharf | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Railway Bridge No 7B | 5 furlongs | |
| Old Oak Common Railway Depot Access Bridge No 7BA | 4 furlongs | |
| Railway Bridge No 7D Winding Hole | 1 furlong | |
| Railway Bridge No 7D | ||
| Mary Seacole Gardens | ¼ furlongs | |
| Mitre Bridge No 6 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Mitre Wharf Moorings | ¾ furlongs | |
| Kensal Green Visitor Moorings | 4½ furlongs | |
| Porta Bella Dock No 1 (Infilled) | 6¼ furlongs | |
- Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal
- An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham
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![Bridge 7d Paddington Arm is West London Line bridge 36. The sign on the bridge reads 36 - WLL - 5m 63ch. This shows it has Engineers Line Reference WLL 36 for bridge 36 on the West London Line http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_London_Line and Phil Deaves pages about these references http://deaves47.users.btopenworld.com/ELRs/ELRw.htm tell us that the datum is Falcon Junction. (The Falcon is a pub near Clapham Junction). [[2734885]] shows the bridge and canal towpath. by David Hawgood – 15 December 2011](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/73/49/2734906_7bba974c_120x120.jpg)







![Train crossing the Grand Union Canal. This is a London Overground train on the West London line. It is the 14.05 from Clapham Junction approaching the end of its short 22-minute journey to Willesden Junction. For a similar view, see [[2270840]]. by Stephen Craven – 30 April 2011](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/38/80/2388030_539478fe_120x120.jpg)













![Scene at Old Oak Common East Junction, with a Class 31 Diesel on empty stock from Paddington. View eastward, towards Paddington; ex-GWR main lines. (See also [[[2396992]]], in the opposite direction; East Junction Signalbox is off to the right). On the left is the Grand Union Canal and in the left distance is Kensal Green Gas Works. The girder bridge - beyond which is the Mitre Bridge on Scrubs Lane - carries the West London Line, climbing steeply up to Mitre Bridge Junction and Willesden Junction High Level, coming from the Kensington Olympia direction via North Pole Junction; the loop lines from the latter can be seen on the right joining the Down main lines. A Down express from Paddington is passing (hauled by a Class 47 2,750hp Diesel. The empty stock train, coming off the Down Carriage line and destined for the extensive Old Oak Common Carriage Yard, is headed by Brush Class 31 1,470hp A1A-A1A No. 31.259. (The line on the far left is seen rising to cross over the Ladbroke Grove flyover and approach Paddington on the Departure (Down) side). (More recently the North Pole Depot, for servicing Channel Tunnel trains running into Waterloo International, was built all along the far side of the ex-GWR main lines, but closed in 2009). by Ben Brooksbank – 18 March 1979](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/39/70/2397031_b3e02845_120x120.jpg)
![Bridge 6 Paddington Arm, steps with cycle channel to Scrubs Lane. See [[2734942]] for photo and description of the bridge. by David Hawgood – 15 December 2011](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/73/49/2734947_be32362a_120x120.jpg)
![Railway bridge 7D, Paddington Arm, Grand Union Canal. Looking west. See [[787964]] by Dr Neil Clifton – 03 May 2008](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/78/79/787980_67540fcf_120x120.jpg)