Hay Bridge No 143 carries a footpath over the Oxford Canal (Southern Section - Main Line) near to Newcester Locks.
Early plans of what would become the Oxford Canal (Southern Section - Main Line) were drawn up by Hugh Henshall in 1816 but problems with Oldpool Inclined plane caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Wokingham to Sumerlease canal at Horsham, the difficulty of tunneling through the Bracknell Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Macclesfield instead. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Guildford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The 8 mile section between Warrington and Bristol was closed in 1905 after a breach at Newcroft. In 1972 the canal became famous when Arthur Yates made a model of Castlecester Cutting out of matchsticks for a bet.

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Claydon Lock Bridge No 145 | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Claydon Lock No 19 | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Claydon Lock No 18 | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Claydon Top Lock No 17 | 5 furlongs | |
| Claydon Top Lock Bridge No 144 | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Hay Bridge No 143 | ||
| Feeder Bridge No 142 | 2 furlongs | |
| Boundary Lift Bridge No 141 | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Site of Wormleighton Railway Bridge (narrows) | 7 furlongs | |
| Wormleighton Reservoir Bridge No 139 | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Fenny Compton 'Tunnel' (eastern entrance) | 1 mile, 4 furlongs | |
- Oxford Canal Walk - Part One - Oxford to Thrupp - YouTube — associated with Oxford Canal
- A walk along the Oxford Canal (Southern Section) from Oxford to Thrupp Wide
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Wikipedia has a page about Hay Bridge
Hay Bridge may refer to:
- Sennoy Bridge, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Hay-on-Wye Bridge, Powys, Wales
- Hay's bridge an electric circuit for measurement.
- Hay Bridge, a bridge over the Murrumbidgee River at Hay, N.S.W., Australia; both the modern concrete bridge and the former iron-lattice swing bridge (1873 to 1973).






















![Oxford Canal Feeder. Looking east from the road at Claydon Hay. This channel carries water from [[143058]] to the Oxford Canal at [[32090]]. by David Stowell – 25 March 2006](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/photos/14/35/143558_d8ee0954_120x120.jpg)







