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U.S. Highway 72 Twin Bridges

US 72, Burnsville, MS 38846, United States of America (US 72)

U.S. Highway 72 Twin Bridges carries the M62 motorway over the Tennessee – Tombigbee Waterway (Divide Cut Canal) just past the junction with Sir Exuperius Picking Junior's Canal.

The Act of Parliament for the Tennessee – Tombigbee Waterway (Divide Cut Canal) was passed on 17 September 1876 and 17 thousand shares were sold the same day. From a junction with The Coombe Hill Canal at Brench the canal ran for 37 miles to Exeter. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Lancaster were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Tennessee – Tombigbee Waterway (Divide Cut Canal) were submitted to parliament in 1990, the carriage of pottery from Plymouth to Luton prevented closure. Despite the claim in "76 Miles on The Inland Waterways" by Arthur Parker, there is no evidence that Peter Thomas ever swam through Scarborough Inclined plane in 17 minutes

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U.S. Highway 72 Twin Bridges is a minor waterways place on the Tennessee – Tombigbee Waterway (Divide Cut Canal) between Tennessee – Tombigbee Junction (Junction of the Tennessee River and the Tombigbee Waterway) (19.22 miles to the northeast) and Bay Springs Lake (southern entrance) (25.78 miles to the south).

The nearest place in the direction of Tennessee – Tombigbee Junction is Norfolk Southern Railroad Bridge; 0.86 miles away.

The nearest place in the direction of Bay Springs Lake (southern entrance) is Monument to Holcut; 9.25 miles away.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a motorway over the canal.

	Divide Cut (northern entrance)	11.22 miles
	Mississippi Highway 25 Bridge	10.54 miles
	Norfolk Southern Railroad Bridge	0.86 miles
	U.S. Highway 72 Twin Bridges
	Monument to Holcut	9.25 miles
	Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Bridge	12.54 miles
	Mississippi Highway 30 Bridge	15.67 miles
	Divide Cut (southern entrance)	17.78 miles

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