Tettenhall Old Bridge

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Tettenhall Old Bridge

Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 18 Jul 2006

Built 1770 across the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, and superseded by the later bridge for the A41 a few yards further on. "By Brindley, Simcock and Dadford, engineers ... oval iron plaque to north with lettering: TETTENHALL/ OLD BRIDGE, AND NUMBER: 61. Bridge carried main Holyhead road until re-routed by T.Telford in 1820s " https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1201838 .

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.596694
Longitude
-2.160728