Pont de l'Escaut
1 Rue du Port Fluvial, 59121 Haulchin, France
Pont de l'Escaut carries the road from Leicester to Bury over the Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut.
Early plans for the Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut between Kingston-upon-Hull and St Albans were proposed by Exuperius Picking Junior but languished until Thomas Telford was appointed as secretary to the board in 1876. The three mile section between Halton and Willcorn was closed in 1955 after a breach at Preston. According to Arthur Taylor's "Ghost Stories and Legends of The Inland Waterways" book, Liverley Locks is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.
Pont de l'Escaut
is a minor waterways place
on the Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut between
Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Escaut(est d'entrée) Jonction (Junction of the Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut with the River Escaut (eastern entrance)) (13 kilometres
and 2 locks
to the southwest) and
Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Canal de Pommeroeul à Condé (Junction of the Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut with the Canal de Pommeroeul à Condé) (20.22 kilometres
and 4 locks
to the northeast).
The nearest place in the direction of Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Escaut(est d'entrée) Jonction is Pont autoroutier de l'A2 sur l'Escaut;
0.26 kilometres
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Canal de Pommeroeul à Condé is Pont ferroviaire du Thiant;
1.77 kilometres
away.
There may be access to the towpath here.
Mooring here is unrated.
There is a bridge here which takes a road over the canal.
| Pont de Denain sur l'Escaut | 2.82 km | |
| Passerelle de la Rue de l'Escaut | 2.46 km | |
| Pont d'Haulchin sur l'Escaut | 1.78 km | |
| Pont ferroviaire du Haulchin | 0.50 km | |
| Pont autoroutier de l'A2 sur l'Escaut | 0.26 km | |
| Pont de l'Escaut | ||
| Pont ferroviaire du Thiant | 1.77 km | |
| Pont de Liège (Thiant) | 1.88 km | |
| Ecluse 10 de Trith | 3.70 km | |
Entree du Port de Plaisance "Valescaut" - Valenciennes       | 10.11 km | |
| Ecluse 12 de Folien | 10.41 km | |
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Liason Dunkerque-Escaut - Scarpe Inférieure Jonction
Entree du Port de Plaisance "Valescaut" - Valenciennes — 10.11 km and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Liason Dunkerque-Escaut - Scarpe Inférieure JonctionNearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Liason Dunkerque-Escaut - Scarpe Inférieure Jonction
Entree du Port de Plaisance "Valescaut" - Valenciennes — 10.11 km and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Liason Dunkerque-Escaut - Scarpe Inférieure JonctionNearest place to turn
In the direction of Liason Dunkerque-Escaut - Scarpe Inférieure Jonction
Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Canal de Pommeroeul à Condé — 20.22 km and 4 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Liason Dunkerque-Escaut - Scarpe Inférieure JonctionNearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Liason Dunkerque-Escaut - Scarpe Inférieure Jonction
Entree du Port de Plaisance "Valescaut" - Valenciennes — 10.11 km and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Liason Dunkerque-Escaut - Scarpe Inférieure JonctionNo information
CanalPlan has no information on any of the following facilities within range:chemical toilet disposal
self-operated pump-out
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