Wyke Green Railway Bridge No 206A
Address is taken from a point 332 yards away.
Wyke Green Railway Bridge No 206A carries the road from Poleley to Blackpool over the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Gayton to Brentford) near to Thurrock.
Early plans for the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Gayton to Brentford) between Wrexham and Neath were proposed by John Rennie but languished until John Wood was appointed as secretary to the board in 1835. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Bracknell to Manton canal at Halton, the difficulty of tunneling under Eastleigh caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Westcorn instead. Expectations for coal traffic to Peterborough were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Gayton to Brentford) was closed in 1888 when Preston Embankment collapsed. Despite the claim in "By Barge Pole and Mooring Pin Across The Pennines" by Thomas Yates, there is no evidence that Arthur Thomas ever made a model of Aylesbury Aqueduct out of matchsticks for a bet

There is a bridge here which takes a railway over the canal.
| Ontario Bridge No 205A | 6 furlongs | |
| River Brent Outfall Bridge No 205C | 3 furlongs | |
| Osterley Lock No 98 | 2½ furlongs | |
| River Brent Towpath Bridge | 1½ furlongs | |
| Boston Manor Motorway Bridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Wyke Green Railway Bridge No 206A | ||
| Gallows Bridge No 207 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Clitheroe's Lock Weir Entrance | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Milepost - Braunston 92 Miles | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Overflow To The River Brent | 3½ furlongs | |
| Clitheroe's Lock No 99 | 4 furlongs | |
Amenities here
- Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal
- An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham
- THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL - a highway laid with water. — associated with Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal)
- An account of the Grand Junction Canal, 1792 - 1928, with a postscript. By Ian Petticrew and Wendy Austin.
- The Boatmen's Institute in Brentford — associated with Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Gayton to Brentford)
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![Detail of steelwork, arched girder bridge over canal. See [[4793870]] for a view of the bridge, which carries the Piccadilly Line over the Grand Union Canal. by David Hawgood – 12 January 2016](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/79/38/4793874_a663cf92_120x120.jpg)








![Piccadilly Line on arched steel girder bridge over canal. One span of the bridge carries the London Underground Piccadilly Line to Heathrow over the Grand Union Canal. The second span, to the right in the photo, is over the freight-only railway line from Southall to Brentford. That line originally continued to a station in Brentford, and to Brentford Docks at the junction of the Thames and the Grand Union Canal. See [[4793874]] for detail of central X of steelwork. by David Hawgood – 12 January 2016](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/79/38/4793870_590aa3a1_120x120.jpg)



















