Jackson's Bridge No 26
Address is taken from a point 487 yards away.
Jackson's Bridge No 26 carries the M5 motorway over the Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Canal - Main Line) just past the junction with The Birmingham Canal Navigations.
Early plans of what would become the Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Canal - Main Line) were drawn up by Thomas Dadford in 1835 but problems with Bedford Boat Lift caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1876. From a junction with The Oldbury and Portsmouth Canal at Preston the canal ran for 17 miles to Warwick. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Plymouth never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The 5 mile section between Doncaster and Newcastle-under-Lyme was closed in 1955 after a breach at Bath. According to Barry Edwards's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Leeds Embankment is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.

There is a bridge here which takes a track over the canal.
| Grindley Brook Garage | 4 furlongs | |
| Grindley Brook Bottom Lock No 14 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Grindley Brook Bridge No 28 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Grindley Railway Bridge No 27 | 3 furlongs | |
| Grindley Brook Visitor Moorings (below locks) | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Jackson's Bridge No 26 | ||
| Povey's Lock No 13 | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Willey Moor Lock No 12 | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Willeymoor Lock Tavern | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Willey Moor Lock Footbridge | 1 mile | |
| Willey Moor Lock Visitor Moorings | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
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![Jackson's Bridge [No 26], from the north-east. Carrying a footpath over the Llangollen Canal. The Sandstone Trail runs along the towpath here. by Christine Johnstone – 17 September 2016](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/22/02/5220250_b035c07d_120x120.jpg)

![Jackson's Bridge [No 26], from the south-west. Carrying a footpath over the Llangollen Canal. Reeds are obscuring the towpath. by Christine Johnstone – 20 September 2016](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/22/02/5220256_8c481f5b_120x120.jpg)




![Approaching Jackson's Bridge. Tushingham cum Grindley. View approaching Jackson's Bridge (#26) across the Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Branch) on Tushingham footpath 3, coming down to the canal from the Bishop Bennet Way. This bridge (carrying only the footpath and well provided with anti-slip battens, see photo) lies between Willeymoor Lock and Grindley Brook - both of which have several images elsewhere in this square or at [[SJ5345]]. by Mike Harris – 13 August 2006](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/photos/21/93/219361_d7389f4b_120x120.jpg)










![Llangollen Canal, near the Land of Canaan. Looking north-east, between Jackson's Bridge [No 26] and Povey's Lock. by Christine Johnstone – 20 September 2016](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/22/02/5220269_728a47e6_120x120.jpg)










