Hazelhurst Turnover Bridge No 3
Hazelhurst Turnover Bridge No 3 carries a farm track over the Trent and Mersey Canal (Caldon Branch - Leek Branch).
The Act of Parliament for the Trent and Mersey Canal (Caldon Branch - Leek Branch) was passed on January 1 1835 after extensive lobbying by Thomas Telford. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Norwich to Newcastle-under-Lyme canal at Teignbridge, the difficulty of tunneling under Southend caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Boggin instead. Expectations for limestone traffic to Doncaster never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The canal between Knowsley and Ipswich was obliterated by the building of the M2 Motorway in 2001. In William Wood's "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" he describes his experiences passing through Barcester Cutting during the Poll Tax riots.

There is a bridge here which takes a track over the canal.
| Hazelhurst Junction | 4 furlongs | |
| Hazelhurst Bridge No 1 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Bratts Bridge No 2 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Bratts Bridge Winding Hole | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Hazelhurst Bridge Winding Hole | a few yards | |
| Hazelhurst Turnover Bridge No 3 | ||
| Hazelhurst Aqueduct | a few yards | |
| Endon Brook Aqueduct | ¼ furlongs | |
| Hazelhurst Railway Aqueduct | ½ furlongs | |
| Hardy's Bridge No 4 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| New Springs Bridge No 5 | 2¾ furlongs | |
- Trent & Mersey Canal Society – founded in 1974 — associated with Trent and Mersey Canal
- Caldon & Uttoxeter Canals Trust — associated with Trent and Mersey Canal (Caldon Branch)
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![Hazlehurst Aqueduct. An astute observer will note that the Caldon canal was opened in 1776 and the Leek Branch, carried by the aqueduct in the picture, was opened in 1811 yet the date on the aqueduct is 1841. Unlike the mis-spelling of Hazelhurst, the date is however correct. Originally the main line of the Caldon dropped down from the higher level via a staircase of locks out of sight to the left of the picture. A new more efficient flight of locks [[3867]] was subsequently built to replace the staircase and this aqueduct built creating a canal flyover. by David Stowell – September 1981](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/60/40/604031_d4dcb998_120x120.jpg)







![Across Hazelhurst Aqueduct. Hazelhurst Aqueduct takes the Leek branch across the main line of the Caldon Canal. From here there is no indication of what a fine structure it is; see [[7638379]] for the view from below. by Stephen McKay – 25 October 2023](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/63/89/7638931_fec7f5b5_120x120.jpg)



