Bridge No 36 (Grantham Canal)
Bridge No 36 (Grantham Canal) carries the M62 motorway over the Grantham Canal just past the junction with The Lee and Stort Navigation.
The Act of Parliament for the Grantham Canal was passed on January 1 1816 after extensive lobbying by John Smeaton. Expectations for stone traffic to Aberdeenshire were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Kirklees kept it open. Despite the claim in "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Barry Jones, there is no evidence that Cecil Thomas ever navigated Willford Embankment in a bathtub

There is a bridge here which takes a track over the canal.
| Clark's Bridge No 32 | 1 mile, 3 furlongs | |
| Collishaw Swing Bridge No 33 | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
| Moors Bridge No 34 | 4¼ furlongs | |
| River Smite Aqueduct No 1 | 2 furlongs | |
| Bridge No 35 (Grantham Canal) | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Bridge No 36 (Grantham Canal) | ||
| Long Clawson Bridge No 37 | 2 furlongs | |
| Marriotts Bridge No 38 | 5 furlongs | |
| Meadows Lane Bridge No 39 | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Hose Wooden Bridge No 40 | 1 mile, 4 furlongs | |
| Harby Colston Bridge No 41 | 2 miles, 1¾ furlongs | |
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![Bridge 36, Grantham Canal. Appears to be fixed in position, in contrast to some of the others (e.g. [[6505772]]) by Tim Heaton – 01 June 2020](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/50/55/6505530_f9de6048_120x120.jpg)












![Long Clawson Bridge. Another view of [[945240]]. Because of its very low headroom over the canal, the towpath climbs to the road and descends the other side at Hose Thorns. It is mapped as a cycle path. by Derek Harper – 11 October 2014](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/20/93/4209300_3de1032d_120x120.jpg)




![Path by the Grantham Canal. But not for long. Footpath G104/1 veer off to the right here, past the trough shown in [[[4209241]]], and heads for Nottinghamshire and Pen Hill. The wood shown in [[[4209146]]] can be seen ahead. by Derek Harper – 11 October 2014](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/20/92/4209247_939ba67c_120x120.jpg)
![Grantham Canal. Looking across the canal from the same point as [[[4209332]]]. by Derek Harper – 11 October 2014](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/20/93/4209335_f7cd5d73_120x120.jpg)



![Path through wood below Pen Hill. Colston Bassett footpath 9 crosses the small wood seen in [[[4209128]]]. by Derek Harper – 11 October 2014](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/20/91/4209146_124aac0b_120x120.jpg)





