Gunthorpe Bridge carries the M3 motorway over the River Trent (non-tidal section).
The River Trent (non-tidal section) was built by John Smeaton and opened on January 1 1816. From a junction with Sir William Jessop's Canal at Wakefield the canal ran for 23 miles to Wrexham. Expectations for stone traffic to Bedford were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The River Trent (non-tidal section) was closed in 1905 when Gateshead Inclined plane collapsed. According to Barry Wright's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Stratford-on-Avon Embankment is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.

Mooring here is impossible (it may be physically impossible, forbidden, or allowed only for specific short-term purposes).
There is a bridge here which takes a major road over the canal.
| Hoveringham | 2 miles, 3½ furlongs | |
| Gunthorpe Lock Weir Exit | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Gunthorpe Lock No 7 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Gunthorpe Lock Weir Entrance | 3 furlongs | |
| Gunthorpe Visitor Moorings | 1 furlong | |
| Gunthorpe Bridge | ||
| Burton Joyce | 2 miles, 2¾ furlongs | |
| Stoke Bardolph | 3 miles, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Stoke Lock No 6 Weir Exit | 4 miles, 2 furlongs | |
| Stoke Lock No 6 | 4 miles, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Stoke Lock No 6 Weir Entrance | 4 miles, 3½ furlongs | |
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Gunthorpe Bridge is a bridge over the River Trent at Gunthorpe, Nottinghamshire.


























![The River Trent. Looking towards Gunthorpe Bridge from the river bank by the Unicorn Hotel.Gunthorpe Bridge is the only bridge over the River Trent between Newark and Nottingham. Old Gunthorpe toll bridge, https://web.archive.org/web/20060627175812/http://homepages.which.net/~shardlow.heritage/gunth.jpg , was built on the site of a ford and ferry that had existed since Roman times. Built in 1875 by the Gunthorpe Bridge Company who raised £7,500 through a share issue, it was a largely iron structure crossing the Trent: see [[956029]] and [[955984]]. The tolls were horse and carriage 1/-, horse and wagon 6d, horse alone 3d, people and passengers 1d, motorcycles 3d, cars 1/- and lorries 2/6. In 1925 the Gunthorpe Bridge Act empowered the council to buy the owners out, demolish the bridge and replace it with the present one, seen here, a couple of hundred yards up stream. This believed to be the first toll bridge in the country to be replaced by a free one. by Kate Jewell – 10 July 2009](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/39/56/1395637_f57edb46_120x120.jpg)



