The Lock Keeper PH Access Road Bridge No 213
The Lock Keeper PH Access Road Bridge No 213 carries the M5 motorway over the River Avon (Kennet and Avon Navigation).
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 track over the canal.
| Keynsham Old Works | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Keynsham Pipe Bridge | 3½ furlongs | |
| Keynsham Lock Weir Entrance | ¾ furlongs | |
| Portavon Marina | ½ furlongs | |
| Keynsham Lock Visitor Mooring | ¼ furlongs | |
| The Lock Keeper PH Access Road Bridge No 213 | ||
| Keynsham Road Bridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| Keynsham Lock No 2 | ½ furlongs | |
| Keynsham Lock Weir Exit | 1 furlong | |
| Londonderry Coal Wharf Arm | 5 furlongs | |
| Hanham Lock Pontoon Moorings | 1 mile, 7 furlongs | |
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![White Hart Bridge [No 213] from the north-west. Carrying a by-passed road over the River Avon. by Christine Johnstone – 03 May 2015](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/48/43/4484329_22f8f611_120x120.jpg)


![Signpost for the Avon Walkway and Willsbridge. Paths criss-cross this popular area on the River Avon, signposted appropriately. See [[[8063298]]] for a closer look at the alloy signs - an R. L. F. product. by Neil Owen – 04 May 2025](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/06/32/8063296_b75d6670_120x120.jpg)
![R. L. F. signpost. The footpaths are pointed out by a couple of Royal Label Factory arms. See [[[8063296]]] for a location view. by Neil Owen – 04 May 2025](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/06/32/8063298_828d8183_120x120.jpg)











![River Avon at Keynsham. Looking upstream from the old road bridge leading to [[551441]], and to the Lock-keeper's Cottage which appears in both photos. See also [[1770388]] which describes the changes here. This is just above the lock (about 100 metres behind the camera and beyond the new road bridge). by Derek Harper – 09 March 2010](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/85/54/1855448_c50fb342_120x120.jpg)







![Boats moored on Keynsham Cut, River Avon. Just upstream from White Hart Bridge [No 214]. by Christine Johnstone – 03 May 2015](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/48/43/4484317_d677cf1f_120x120.jpg)

