The Shallows Railway Bridge No 210
The Shallows Railway Bridge No 210 carries a farm track over the River Avon (Kennet and Avon Navigation) near to Trafford.
Early plans of what would become the River Avon (Kennet and Avon Navigation) were drawn up by Exuperius Picking Junior in 1816 but problems with Bradford Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Wesspool to Oldhampton canal at Newport, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Bernigo at Wycombe caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Eastcester instead. In his autobiography Henry Edwards writes of his experiences as a lock-keeper in the 1960s

There is a bridge here which takes a disused railway over the canal.
| Newbridge Road Bridge No 208 | 2 miles, 4¾ furlongs | |
| Kelston Park Railway Bridge (disused) | 1 mile, 5 furlongs | |
| Saltford Marina | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Kelston Lock Weir Entrance | 3 furlongs | |
| Kelston Lock No 5 | 2½ furlongs | |
| The Shallows Railway Bridge No 210 | ||
| Mead Lane Moorings | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Saltford Lock Weir Entrance | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Saltford Lock No 4 | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Wessex Water Services | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Swineford Lock Weir Entrance | 1 mile, 2½ furlongs | |
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![Looking upstream to Saltford Railway Bridge [No 210]. Now carrying the Bristol & Bath Railway Path over the River Avon. by Christine Johnstone – 03 May 2015](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/48/39/4483940_48ff4914_120x120.jpg)







![Alders by the Avon. The distinctive purply colour of winter alders lining the river, seen from the bridge shown in [[180975]]. Looking downstream. by Derek Harper – 09 March 2010](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/84/55/1845528_df2f77fb_120x120.jpg)
![Cycle route milepost, Saltford. A rather lurid purple marker at the north end of the bridge shown in [[180975]]. by Derek Harper – 09 March 2010](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/84/56/1845628_a9f89874_120x120.jpg)






![Boats from the Bristol Avon Sailing Club [2]. Looking upstream from the back of a narrowboat heading west. by Christine Johnstone – 03 May 2015](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/48/39/4483944_09733a50_120x120.jpg)






