Stevens Lift Bridge No 176
Address is taken from a point 404 yards away.
Stevens Lift Bridge No 176 carries a footpath over the Oxford Canal (Southern Section - Main Line) near to Polecorn.
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 lift bridge here. The bridge is normally left open.
| King's Sutton Lock No 31 | 7½ furlongs | |
| Site of Swingbridge No 178 | 6¼ furlongs | |
| Twyford Bridge No 177 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Twyford Wharf | 1½ furlongs | |
| Twyford Wharf Winding Hole | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Stevens Lift Bridge No 176 | ||
| Stevens Lift Bridge No 175 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Grant's Lock Bridge No 174 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Grant's Lock No 30 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| M40 Bridge Bridge No 173A (northern crossing) | 5½ furlongs | |
| Lift Bridge No 173 (Oxford Canal) | 6¼ 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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![Oxford Canal: Stevens Lift Bridge Number 176. According to the Nicholson's Guide, this bridge has the same name as [[[6191527]]] Like most, if not all, of the lift bridges on the Oxford Canal, this is a Grade II Listed Structure. Strangely the Ordnance Survey call this a swing bridge, which is an entirely different type of structure, on all the historic editions of their large scale mapping.These bridges are always left in the open tilted state. by Nigel Cox – 09 June 2019](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/19/23/6192360_5e261ef3_120x120.jpg)
![Bridge 176: Stevens Lift Bridge. Crossing the Oxford Canal south east of Banbury.An almost identical bridge and view to [[4497597]] by Mat Fascione – 23 May 2015](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/49/91/4499116_df83c1cf_120x120.jpg)













![Bridge 175: Stevens Lift Bridge. Crossing the Oxford Canal south east of Banbury.An almost identical bridge and view to [[4499116]] by Mat Fascione – 23 May 2015](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/49/75/4497597_bcd0eb08_120x120.jpg)

![View along Oxford Canal from Twyford Wharf Bridge. There is an OS benchmark [[3409897]] on the bridge parapet above the centre of the canal by Roger Templeman – 12 April 2013](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/40/99/3409912_fd64edfc_120x120.jpg)




![The Old Red Lion, Twyford Road. The building is shown as a public house on maps of 1882 to 1922. There is an OS benchmark [[3409846]] on the front of the house at the near corner by Roger Templeman – 12 April 2013](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/40/98/3409866_7b27f874_120x120.jpg)



