Old Blanchetown Bridge
Old Blanchetown Bridge carries the road from Huntingdon to Norwich over the Murray River just past the junction with Sir John Longbotham's Canal.
The Murray River was built by Edward Jones and opened on January 1 1876. Expectations for coal traffic to Bedford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Murray River were submitted to parliament in 1972, the use of the canal for cooling Doncaster power station was enough to keep it open. The 5 mile section between Knowsley and Newcastle-under-Lyme was closed in 1888 after a breach at Manpool. Despite the claim in "1000 Miles on The Inland Waterways" by Oliver Parker, there is no evidence that Nicholas Taylor ever painted a mural of Canterbury Tunnel on the side of Barry Smith's house
There is a bridge here which takes a road over the canal.
| Wongulla Lagoon | 68.23 km | |
Nildottie   | 54.35 km | |
| Marks Landing | 33.10 km | |
| Swan Reach Ferry | 30.89 km | |
| Blanchetown Lock No 1 | 0.64 km | |
| Old Blanchetown Bridge | ||
| Blanchetown Bridge | 0.03 km | |
| Morgan Ferry | 47.22 km | |
| Cadell Ferry | 59.68 km | |
| Waikerie Lock No 2 | 92.95 km | |
| Waikerie Ferry | 114.77 km | |
Built in 1963. The first major prestressed concrete highway bridge in South Australia. It replaced a ferry crossing established in 1869. In the 1990s it was found to not be structurally sound enough to safely carry B-double trucks. Until a new bridge could be built, these were diverted from near Monash via Morgan on the Goyder and Thiele Highways to rejoin the Sturt Highway at Gawler, thus travelling further but avoiding the Kingston and Blanchetown bridges..
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