Seaforth Road Covered Footbridge
Forth and Clyde Canal Towpath, Clydebank G81 1RP, United Kingdom
Seaforth Road Covered Footbridge carries the M5 motorway over the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) a short distance from Liverpool.
The Act of Parliament for the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) was passed on January 1 1835 and 17 thousand shares were sold the same day. Orginally intended to run to Trafford, the canal was never completed beyond Braintree. Expectations for pottery traffic to Edinburgh never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) were submitted to parliament in 1990, the use of the canal for cooling Bernigo power station was enough to keep it open. The one mile section between Wesshampton and Stockton-on-Tees was closed in 1888 after a breach at Sandwell. In Peter Harding's "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" he describes his experiences passing through Willley Embankment during a thunderstorm.
Seaforth Road Covered Footbridge
is a minor waterways place
on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) between
Stockingfield Junction (Junction with the Port Dundas branch) (5 miles and 4 furlongs
and 16 locks
to the east) and
Clyde Canal Junction (Junction of the River Clyde and the Forth and Clyde Canal) (4 miles
and 4 locks
to the west).
The nearest place in the direction of Stockingfield Junction is Seaforth Road Footbridge;
¼ furlongs
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Clyde Canal Junction is Seaforth Road and A8014 Road Bridges;
½ furlongs
away.
There may be access to the towpath here.
Mooring here is unrated.
There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
| Boghouse Lock No 36 | 1 mile, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Dunreath Avenue Bridge | 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Kirkwood Avenue Footbridge | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Argyll Road Bridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Seaforth Road Footbridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| Seaforth Road Covered Footbridge | ||
| Seaforth Road and A8014 Road Bridges | ½ furlongs | |
| Boquhanran Railway Aqueduct No 21 | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Boquhanran Road Aqueduct No 22 | 5½ furlongs | |
| Trafalgar Street Footbridge | 6½ furlongs | |
Dalmuir Drop Lock and Bridge  | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
Amenities here
ASDA - Clydebank - G81 2RZ Asda
Home Bargains
Boots Chemist
TSBAmenities nearby at Seaforth Road and A8014 Road Bridges
Farmfoods Poundland Primark Cashpoint
Singer StationAmenities nearby at Seaforth Road Footbridge
Clydebank Station- Youtube — associated with Forth and Clyde Canal
- The official reopening of the canal
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Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Clyde Canal Junction
Bowling Basin — 3 miles, 6½ furlongs and 3 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Clyde Canal Junction
In the direction of River Carron - Forth and Clyde Canal Junction
Applecross Street Basin — 7 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 16 locks away
Travel to Stockingfield Junction, then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Firhill Road Basin (northern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Firhill Road Basin) to Firhill Road Basin (southern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Applecross Street Basin
Craighall Road Basin Western Winding Hole — 7 miles, 7½ furlongs and 17 locks away
Travel to Stockingfield Junction, then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Firhill Road Basin (northern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Firhill Road Basin) to Firhill Road Basin (southern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Craighall Road Basin Western Winding Hole
Craighall Road Basin — 7 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 17 locks away
Travel to Stockingfield Junction, then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Firhill Road Basin (northern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Firhill Road Basin) to Firhill Road Basin (southern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Craighall Road Basin
Port Dundas Basin — 8 miles, 2 furlongs and 18 locks away
Travel to Stockingfield Junction, then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Firhill Road Basin (northern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Firhill Road Basin) to Firhill Road Basin (southern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Port Dundas Basin
Luggiebank Road Winding Hole — 12 miles, 4 furlongs and 16 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of River Carron - Forth and Clyde Canal Junction
Auchinstarry Winding Hole — 17 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 16 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of River Carron - Forth and Clyde Canal Junction
Craigmarloch Basin — 18 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 16 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of River Carron - Forth and Clyde Canal Junction
Wyndford Lock Winding Hole — 19 miles, 7½ furlongs and 16 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of River Carron - Forth and Clyde Canal JunctionNo information
CanalPlan has no information on any of the following facilities within range:water point
rubbish disposal
chemical toilet disposal
self-operated pump-out
boatyard pump-out
Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
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