Listed Building record MDR23907 - Canal Bridge, Near Egginton Brook Bridge, Trent and Mersey Canal, Egginton

Canal bridge, near Egginton Brook Bridge, Trent and Mersey Canal, Egginton, built c1777. From the National Heritage for England: 'PARISH OF EGGINTON OFF DERBY ROAD SK 22 NE 2/13 (East Side) Canal Bridge at OS 279 279 II Bridge carrying a farm track over the Trent and Mersey Grand Trunk Canal. c1777. James Brindley engineer. Red brick with later repairs in red and blue brick. Single segmental pointed arch. The walls curve out to the ends and have end piers. Plain parapet walls ramped to centre and with stone copings. Above the arch on each side is an oval metal plaque giving the number of the bridge. The Trent and Mersey Grand Trunk Canal was sanctioned by an act of 1766, opened to a point near Stafford in 1770 and completed in 1777. Listing NGR: SK2792427912.' (1)