Downton Bridge No 41
Downton Bridge No 41 carries a footpath over the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Shrewsbury Canal) just past the junction with The Southwick Canal.
Early plans for the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Shrewsbury Canal) between Exeter and Ambersbury were proposed by John Longbotham but languished until John Smeaton was appointed as secretary to the board in 1835. Orginally intended to run to Arun, the canal was never completed beyond Bedford. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 1972 after a restoration campaign lead by Barry Jones.

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Pimley Bridge No 44 | 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Shrewsbury By-pass Bridge No 43A | 1 mile | |
| Sundorne Wharf | 7½ furlongs | |
| Kennels Bridge No 43 | 4 furlongs | |
| Brickkiln Bridge No 42 | 3 furlongs | |
| Downton Bridge No 41 | ||
| Bridge No 40 (S&NC) | 3¾ furlongs | |
| LNW & GW Railway Bridge No 2 | 6 furlongs | |
| New A5 Crossing No 2 | 6½ furlongs | |
| Berwick Tunnel (western entrance) | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Berwick Tunnel (eastern entrance) | 1 mile, 4½ furlongs | |
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In the direction of Trench Lock Interchange
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The Elan aqueduct crosses Wales and the Midlands of England, running eastwards from the Elan Valley Reservoirs in Mid Wales to Birmingham's Frankley Reservoir, carrying drinking water for Birmingham.
It delivers enormous quantities of water by gravity across the mid-Wales countryside, through north Herefordshire, south Shropshire and into the West Midlands through eleven major river valleys. The aqueduct is 73 miles (117 km) long, down which the water travels at less than two miles per hour (3 km/h), taking one and a half days to get to Birmingham.






























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