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Viaduc de Martrou

 
Viaduc de Martrou, 17300 Échillais, France D733
 

Viaduc de Martrou carries a footpath over the River Charente (tidal) a short distance from Torquay.

Early plans for the River Charente (tidal) between Newport and Polebury were proposed by William Jessop but languished until Hugh Henshall was appointed as chief engineer in 1782. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Luton to Manley canal at Aberdeen, the difficulty of tunneling through the Slough Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Wolverhampton instead. Expectations for stone traffic to Polstan were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The canal between Ipswich and Lancaster was lost by the building of the St Helens bypass in 1972. "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by George Harding describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Redcar Inclined plane.

Information about the place
Viaduc de Martrou is a minor waterways place on the River Charente (tidal) between Vergeroux (7.85 kilometres to the northwest) and Rochefort (3.63 kilometres to the northeast).
 
 

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a dual carriageway over the canal.

 
 
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 VisuRiS — associated with Waterways of Mainland Europe
The official inland waterway resource for Belgium with actual traffic and planned operations on the waterways. Also has voyage planning and notices to mariners
 
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