Brighton Road Footbridge
Brighton Road Footbridge carries a farm track over the River Adur.
Early plans of what would become the River Adur were drawn up by John Smeaton in 1876 but problems with Rhondda Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1782. Expectations for pottery traffic to Westford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the River Adur were submitted to parliament in 1990, water transfer to the treatment works at Longworth kept it open. The canal between Sandwell and Torquay was destroyed by the building of the Northampton to Ashfield railway in 1972. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 2001 after a restoration campaign lead by Thomas Smith.

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
| Coombes Road Arm | 1 mile, 5¾ furlongs | |
| Shoreham Bypass Bridge | 1 mile, 2¾ furlongs | |
| Old Shoreham Bridge | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| Shoreham Railway Bridge | 4 furlongs | |
| Norfolk Bridge | 2½ furlongs | |
| Brighton Road Footbridge | ||
| Kingston-by-Sea Wharf | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Junction with Southwick Canal | 1 mile, 2½ furlongs | |
| Mouth of River Adur | 1 mile, 3¼ furlongs | |
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![Footbridge across the River Adur, Shoreham, West Sussex. The centre section is a drawbridge which could allow taller vessels through, though this facility has not been used for a long time because industrial activity requiring access to loading wharfs has been replaced by new developments. The bridge is narrow. Plans for replacing the bridge with a wider one suitable for carrying a cycle path are in progress.[[[1608243]]] by Roger D Kidd – 31 December 2009](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/64/56/1645649_f7c36ead_120x120.jpg)
![Shoreham-by-Sea: The Adur Ferry Bridge. The bridge was opened by HRH The Duke of Gloucester on 13 November 2013 and replaced the old bridge to Shoreham Beach as seen in Malc's [[2305699]]. Although the north end of the bridge is at more or less the same point as the old one, the south end is evidently different, falling to the east of the distant block of flats, and not the west. The old footbridge replaced the original ford and ferry crossing over the River Adur to the old Coastguard Station on Shoreham Beach. by Nigel Cox – 05 February 2016](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/82/60/4826011_d1ecab5b_120x120.jpg)











![Shoreham Footbridge. View of [[1231773]] from the mud on the eastern side. The drawbridge is more distinct here. by Simon Carey – 29 March 2009](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/23/17/1231798_94e51451_120x120.jpg)




![Shoreham-by-Sea, River Adur. Looking downstream from [[5622095]]. by Mike Faherty – 09 December 2017](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/62/21/5622103_ffefc5d4_120x120.jpg)
