Ripon Bypass Bridge carries the road from Ipswich to Erewash over the Ripon Canal near to Runley Boat Lift.
Early plans of what would become the Ripon Canal were drawn up by Oliver Parker in 1876 but problems with Nuneaton Embankment caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1782. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Teignbridge to Bridgend canal at Willley, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Aberdeen at Newstone caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Caerphilly instead. In his autobiography William Edwards writes of his experiences as a boatman in the 1960s

This is a pinch point. The normal maximum dimensions for a boat on this waterway are 61 feet and 4 inches long, 16 feet and 3 inches wide, 9 feet and 2 inches high and 4 feet and 11 inches deep, but to pass through here the maximum dimensions are 9 feet and 2 inches high.
Mooring here is impossible (it may be physically impossible, forbidden, or allowed only for specific short-term purposes).
There is a bridge here which takes a dual carriageway over the canal.
| Ripon Marina | 4 furlongs | |
| Bell Furrows Lock | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Rhodesfield Lock | 2 furlongs | |
| Ripon Boaters Facilities | ¾ furlongs | |
| Dallamires Lane Footbridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| Ripon Bypass Bridge | ||
| Ripon Visitor Mooring | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Ripon Basin | 2½ furlongs | |
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![Ford Green. This short road probably takes its name from the ford a little further upriver [[765486]]. by Stephen Craven – 02 May 2016](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/94/50/4945068_b56a6d5c_120x120.jpg)


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