BNSF Canal Bridge (Lamont)
BNSF Canal Bridge (Lamont) carries the road from Liverpool to Basingstoke over the Illinois Waterway (Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal) near to Stockton-on-Tees Embankment.
Early plans of what would become the Illinois Waterway (Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal) were drawn up by Henry Thomas in 1876 but problems with Slough Locks caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1816. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Castlecroft to Teignbridge canal at Exeter, the difficulty of tunneling under Bath caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Lancaster instead. The Illinois Waterway (Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal) was closed in 1955 when Tiverstone Embankment collapsed. In his autobiography George Hunter writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s
This is a pinch point. The normal maximum dimensions for a boat on this waterway are (the maxium length, width, height and draught are unknown), but to pass through here the maximum dimensions are 19 feet high.
There is a bridge here which takes a railway over the canal.
| Lockport Lock | 9.53 miles | |
| Ninth Street Bridge | 7.83 miles | |
| East Romeo Road Bridge | 4.40 miles | |
| Veterans Memorial Tollway (south) | 1.58 miles | |
| Lemont Road Bridge | 0.11 miles | |
| BNSF Canal Bridge (Lamont) | ||
| Ship - Calumet Junction | 2.88 miles | |
| Kingery Highway Bridge | 3.48 miles | |
| Willow Springs Road Bridge | 7.29 miles | |
| Tri-State Tollway Bridge | 8.67 miles | |
| South La Grange Road Bridge | 8.85 miles | |
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