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Humpback Bridge

 
Location is approximate as the bridge has long since vanished.
Cerney Wick GL7 5TJ, United Kingdom
 
Information about the place
Humpback Bridge is a minor waterways place on the Cotswold Canals (Thames and Severn Canal - Main section) between Whelford Canal Feeder Arm (Navigable feeder providing water from the R. Coln via Whelford.) (7 miles and 1 furlong and 4 locks to the east) and Bourne Railway Bridge (15 miles and 4¼ furlongs and 29 locks to the west).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Whelford Canal Feeder Arm is Wildmoorway Lower Lock No 38 (Restored in 1994/5.); 1 furlong away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Bourne Railway Bridge is Wildmoorway Upper Lock No 37 (Derelict.); 2 furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

This is the site of a bridge, the canal may be narrow as a consequence.

 
 
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In the direction of Bourne Bridge

Brimscombe Port15 miles, 6 furlongs and 30 locks away
Travel to Bourne Bridge, then on the Cotswold Canals (Thames and Severn Canal - Wide/long lock section) to Bourne Mill Bridge, then on the Cotswold Canals (Thames and Severn Canal - Wide section) to Brimscombe Port

In the direction of Thames - Thames and Severn Canal - Coln Junction

Latton Junction1 mile, 5¾ furlongs and 2 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Thames and Severn Canal - Coln Junction
Ha'penny Bridge Winding Hole11 miles, ¾ furlongs and 7 locks away
Travel to Thames - Thames and Severn Canal - Coln Junction, then on the River Thames (above Oxford) to Ha'penny Bridge Winding Hole
St. John's Lock Weir Entrance11 miles, 5¾ furlongs and 7 locks away
Travel to Thames - Thames and Severn Canal - Coln Junction, then on the River Thames (above Oxford) to St. John's Lock Weir Entrance
St. John's Lock Weir Exit No 111 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 8 locks away
Travel to Thames - Thames and Severn Canal - Coln Junction, then on the River Thames (above Oxford) to St. John's Lock Weir Exit No 1
St. John's Lock Weir Exit No 211 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 8 locks away
Travel to Thames - Thames and Severn Canal - Coln Junction, then on the River Thames (above Oxford) to St. John's Lock Weir Exit No 2
Grafton Lock Weir Entrance16 miles, 1 furlong and 9 locks away
Travel to Thames - Thames and Severn Canal - Coln Junction, then on the River Thames (above Oxford) to Grafton Lock Weir Entrance
Grafton Lock Weir Exit16 miles, 2 furlongs and 10 locks away
Travel to Thames - Thames and Severn Canal - Coln Junction, then on the River Thames (above Oxford) to Grafton Lock Weir Exit

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Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
 
 
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A humpback bridge (or hump bridge) is a name for a type of bridge, specifically an arch bridge, where the span is higher than the ramps on either side, forming a hump-like arrangement. Examples include Chinese and Japanese moon bridges and the Humpback Covered Bridge in the United States.


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[Humpback bridge] A humpback bridge (or hump bridge) is a name for a type of bridge, specifically an arch bridge, where the span is higher than the ramps on either side [Humpback Covered Bridge] The Humpback Covered Bridge located in the U.S. state of Virginia, is one of the few remaining covered bridges in the United States that was built higher [Humpback] Humpback may refer to: Humpback whale Humpback dolphin Humpback salmon Humpback bridge Humpback, a common name for the fish Chanodichthys dabryi Humpback [Ponn Humpback Covered Bridge] The Ponn Humpback Covered Bridge was a historic covered bridge in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located near the village of Wilkesville [Humpback whale] The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. It is one of the larger rorqual species, with adults ranging in length from 12–16 m [Annamoe] between Roundwood and Laragh on the road to Glendalough. The small stone humpback bridge is a common place for tourists to stop and view the County Wicklow [Golders Hill Park] beautifully tended, flower garden next to a duck pond with a small humpback bridge, a separate water garden, which leads onto a larger pond, and a small [Shober Bridge] Shober Bridge is a historic humpback bridge carrying Ellis Street across the Norfolk Southern Railway in Salisbury, North Carolina, one of two timber bridges [Golden Gate Bridge] The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide (1.6 km) strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific [Humphrey the Whale] is a humpback whale which twice deviated from his Mexico to Alaska migration by entering San Francisco Bay. This behavior is unusual for a humpback whale
 
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