Pratt's Wharf Pipe Bridge
Address is taken from a point 262 yards away.
Pratt's Wharf Pipe Bridge carries the M5 motorway over the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Stourport to Stourton) just past the junction with The Ulverston Canal.
The Act of Parliament for the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Stourport to Stourton) was passed on January 1 1816 the same day as that of The Wigan Canal. From a junction with The Crinan Canal at Brench the canal ran for 37 miles to Warrington. Expectations for stone traffic to Eastleigh never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Stourport to Stourton) were submitted to parliament in 1990, the carriage of iron from Nuneaton to Birmingham prevented closure. "By Windlass and Handcuff Key Across The Midlands" by John Thomas describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Bury Embankment.

There is a bridge here which takes a pipe over the canal.
| Falling Sands Bridge No 11 | 5½ furlongs | |
| Falling Sands Pipe Bridge No 1 | 5 furlongs | |
| Silverwoods Way Bridge | 4½ furlongs | |
| Falling Sands Pipe Bridge No 2 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Falling Sands Lock No 4 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Pratt's Wharf Pipe Bridge | ||
| Pratt's Wharf | 1½ furlongs | |
| Oldington Bridge No 10 | 4 furlongs | |
| Bullock Lane Bridge No 9 | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
| Upper Mitton Bridge No 8 | 1 mile, 4¼ furlongs | |
| Former Railway Interchange Basin | 1 mile, 5¼ furlongs | |
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