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Looking south, this is Turnover Bridge, No 3 across the Shropshire Union Canal. The unusual Grade II listed "two lane" structure served two purposes, and was probably only built this way to satisfy local landowners at the time. On the left, horses could cross the canal and continue without being unhitched from the boats. The wider section on the right carried a substantial track between (Upper) Pendeford Farm and Barnhurst Farm. Barnhurst Farm has been demolished and land covered in housing. Behind the camera, the track north-west to Pendeford Farm, across the current Pendeford Wood nature area, no longer exists.

Looking north, this is Turnover Bridge, No 3 across the Shropshire Union Canal. The unusual Grade II listed "two lane" structure served two purposes, and was probably only built this way to satisfy local landowners at the time. On the right, horses could cross the canal and continue without being unhitched from the boats. The wider section on the left carried a substantial track between Barnhurst Farm and (Upper) Pendeford Farm. Barnhurst Farm has been demolished and land used for the Dovecotes housing estate. The track leading north-west to Pendeford Farm, across the current Pendeford Wood nature area, no longer exists.

These are sometimes called double bridges, but here it also functioned as a turnover bridge, enabling horses to cross from one side of the canal to the other without being unhitched from their boats, so it is named Turnover Bridge, No 3 across the Shropshire Union Canal. It is open to pedestrians and cyclists. Looking north, the unusual Grade II listed "two lane" structure served two purposes, and was probably only built this way to satisfy local landowners at the time. On the right, horses could cross the canal and continue. The wider section on the left carried a substantial track between Barnhurst Farm and (Upper) Pendeford Farm. Barnhurst Farm has been demolished and land used for the Dovecotes housing estate. The track leading north-west to Pendeford Farm, across the current Pendeford Wood nature area, no longer exists.

Grade II listed. Listing number 1282451. Accommodation bridge over Shropshire Union Canal, immediately to south of The Droveway. Circa 1834. By Thomas Telford. Brick with stone coping. Elliptical brick arch with stone-coped parapets, that to south swept forward and down; south part of bridge divided off by parapet to form roving bridge. Oval iron plaque to south side has figure: 3.

This is an 1830s roving bridge, explained here: Image It is an unusual roving bridge, shown here Image Beyond it is the much newer bridge No 3A which carries The Droveway which links housing estates which occupy land on both sides of the canal.

The Turnover Bridge over the Shropshire Union Canal is split for vehicles and pedestrians.

This kind of bridge allowed the towpath to cross from one side of the canal to the other while allowing horse drawn boats to proceed without the horse being unhitched from the vessel. These are also called snake bridges or roving bridges or changeline bridges. This is Bridge No 3 and is very unusual on the top, see Image]

These are sometimes called double bridges, but here it also functioned as a turnover bridge, enabling horses to cross from one side of the canal to the other without being unhitched from their boats, so it is named Turnover Bridge, No 3 across the Shropshire Union Canal. It is open to pedestrians and cyclists. This image shows the narrower horse crossing section. Off to the left is the adjacent farm road crossing. See Image] Looking north, the unusual Grade II listed "two lane" structure served two purposes, and was probably only built this way to satisfy local landowners at the time. The wider section off to the left carried a substantial track between Barnhurst Farm and (Upper) Pendeford Farm. Barnhurst Farm has been demolished and land used for the Dovecotes housing estate. The track leading north-west to Pendeford Farm, across the current Pendeford Wood nature area, no longer exists.