Over Causeway Bridge
Over Causeway Bridge carries the road from Wirral to Falkirk over the River Severn (Maisemore Channel - Southern Section).
Early plans for the River Severn (Maisemore Channel - Southern Section) between Northampton and Oldcorn were proposed at a public meeting at the Plough Inn in Runington by Thomas Telford but languished until Barry Green was appointed as managing director in 1876. Orginally intended to run to Walsall, the canal was never completed beyond Stockton-on-Tees. Expectations for pottery traffic to Willcroft were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The canal between Wessford and Brench was obliterated by the building of the Slough to Sevenoaks Railway in 2001. According to John Thomas's "Ghost Stories and Legends of The Inland Waterways" book, Rochdale Inclined plane is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.

There is a bridge here which takes a dual carriageway over the canal.
| Over Junction | ½ furlongs | |
| Over Causeway Bridge | ||
| Old A40 Bridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| Gloucester Railway Bridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| Lower Parting | 4¼ furlongs | |
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![Telford was here - Gloucester, Gloucestershire. A view of Telford's Over Bridge, still standing to the west of Gloucester. There was a crossing of the Severn here at Over, sometimes locally pronounced Oover, for many centuries as recorded in Domesday Book. Telford's Over Bridge was started in 1825 and completed in 1828, opening in 1830. It remained in use until 1974 and until the opening of the first Severn Bridge was the lowest crossing of the Severn. This 150 ft bridge was based on a design by French architect Jean-Rodolphe Perronet (born Suresnes, Paris 27th Oct 1708) for a bridge over the River Seine at Neuilly. It is listed by Historic England as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. On his way into and out of Gloucester this was a favourite spot of tramp writer and great uncle James Leo 'Jim' Phelan to sit and watch the world go by. I spent 17 years living in Westend Terrace within a mile of this spot, among the happiest years of my life. Time photo taken not available. [[1937314]] [[1937479]] [[4425245]] [[4558730]] by Martin Richard Phelan – November 1989](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/90/53/5905346_e1eaac28_120x120.jpg)





![Over's missing link - Gloucester, Gloucestershire. A view from the now closed and severed old main road into Gloucester to Telford's Over Bridge - now superseded, except for foot and cycle traffic. There was a crossing of the Severn here at Over, sometimes locally pronounced Oover, for many centuries as recorded in Domesday Book. Telford's Over Bridge was started in 1825 and completed in 1828, opening in 1830. It remained in use until 1974 and until the opening of the first Severn Bridge was the lowest crossing of the Severn. This 150 ft bridge was based on a design by French architect Jean-Rodolphe Perronet (born Suresnes, Paris 27th Oct 1708) for a bridge over the River Seine at Neuilly. It is listed by Historic England as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. On his way into and out of Gloucester this was a favourite spot of tramp writer and great uncle James Leo 'Jim' Phelan to sit and watch the world go by. I spent 17 years living in Westend Terrace within a mile of this spot, among the happiest years of my life. Time photo taken not available. [[1937314]] [[1937479]] [[4425245]] [[4558730]] by Martin Richard Phelan – October 1988](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/63/23/4632314_197678e5_120x120.jpg)
![The old main road. A slightly different view of [[[6302439]]] at Gloucester, now bypassed. It's hard to believe that until 1974, this was the main road westwards out of town! by John Winder – 24 June 2017](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/32/70/6327026_2ce89f6d_120x120.jpg)










