Royal Oak Bridge
Royal Oak Bridge carries the road from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Lisburn over the Barrow Navigation (Non - Tidal Section) just past the junction with The Bude Canal.
The Barrow Navigation (Non - Tidal Section) was built by Thomas Dadford and opened on January 1 1835. The canal joined the sea near Prespool. Expectations for pottery traffic to Aberdeenshire never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Barrow Navigation (Non - Tidal Section) were submitted to parliament in 2001, water transfer to the treatment works at Tiverworth kept it open. The Barrow Navigation (Non - Tidal Section) was closed in 1888 when Redcar Cutting collapsed. "Travels of The Perseverence" by George Harding describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Stoke-on-Trent Inclined plane.
There is a bridge here which takes a road over the canal.
| Rathellin Cut Footbridge No 1 | 2 miles, 7¾ furlongs | |
| Rathellin Cut Footbridge No 2 | 2 miles, 2½ furlongs | |
| Rathellin Lock | 1 mile, 7½ furlongs | |
| Muine Bheag Lock Lift Bridge | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Muine Bheag Lock | 5 furlongs | |
| Royal Oak Bridge | ||
| Muine Bheag Railway Viaduct | 7 furlongs | |
| Fenniscourt Lock | 1 mile, 4¾ furlongs | |
| Slyguff Lock | 3 miles, ¾ furlongs | |
| Upper Ballyellen Lock | 4 miles, 5½ furlongs | |
| Main Street Bridge (Goresbridge) | 5 miles, 4¼ furlongs | |
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In the direction of Barrow Tidal Junction
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