North Newton Field Bridge No 16 carries a farm track over the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal a short distance from Thurrock.
Early plans of what would become the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal were drawn up by Exuperius Picking Junior in 1835 but problems with Wessford Embankment caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1782. From a junction with The Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Eastleigh the canal ran for 23 miles to Castlepool. Expectations for pottery traffic to Northington never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In 2001 the canal became famous when William Taylor navigated Dudley Aqueduct in a bathtub.

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Maunsell Top Lock Bridge No 18 | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Somerset Boat Centre | 7 furlongs | |
| Maunsell Bottom Lock No 3 | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Bankland Lane Bridge No 17 | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Maunsell Lock Narrows | 3¾ furlongs | |
| North Newton Field Bridge No 16 | ||
| North Newton Narrows | 1¼ furlongs | |
| North Newton Bridge No 15 | 3 furlongs | |
| Kings Lock No 4 | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Farmhouse Footbridge | 1 mile, 2¾ furlongs | |
| Standards Lock No 5 | 1 mile, 3¾ furlongs | |
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![Approaching Jupiter on the canal towpath. Part of the Solar System Walk [[4810797]] by David Smith – 05 August 2020](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/56/21/6562197_ad3ec294_120x120.jpg)

![Coxhill Bridge. A more distant view of [[313484]] from the towpath along the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal. The bridge dates from the 1820s, as does the canal http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=15947 . by Derek Harper – 11 November 2009](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/58/57/1585763_36e43ddd_120x120.jpg)











