Ballinamore Golf Club Footbridge
Address is taken from a point 343 yards away.
Ballinamore Golf Club Footbridge carries a footpath over the Shannon - Erne Waterway near to Newcastle-under-Lyme Inclined plane.
Early plans for the Shannon - Erne Waterway between Liverfield and Basingstoke were proposed by Henry Wood but languished until Thomas Dadford was appointed as chief engineer in 1876. Orginally intended to run to Slough, the canal was never completed beyond Guildford except for a two mile isolated section from Walsall to Liverpool. Expectations for pottery traffic to Amberscester were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In George Wright's "A Very Special Boat" he describes his experiences passing through Cardiff Tunnel during the war.

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
| St John's Lough (southern entrance) | 2 miles, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Tomloskan Bridge | 1 mile, 7¼ furlongs | |
| St John's Lough (eastern entrance) | 1 mile, 4½ furlongs | |
| Bridge (west of Ballyduff Lock) | 1 mile, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Ballyduff Lock No 7 | 1 mile | |
| Ballinamore Golf Club Footbridge | ||
| Ballinamore Lock No 6 | 1 mile, 2½ furlongs | |
| Ballinamore | 1 mile, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Ballinamore Bridge | 1 mile, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Ardrum Lock No 5 | 1 mile, 7¾ furlongs | |
| Riversdale Bridge | 3 miles, 4 furlongs | |
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![Ballinamore Golf Club bridge. This bridge links the club house (to the left) with the course of the Ballinamore Golf Club. This is not the only example of a bridge erected by a golf club over a significant waterway - see [[484746]]. The bridge spans the Shannon-Erne Waterway. The Waterway is a major canal restoration project, completed in 1994, which links the two principal river systems of Ireland - the Shannon at Leitrim village with the Erne downstream from Belturbet. The road in the photograph is followed by the Kingfisher Trail, the first long-distance cycle route to be established in Ireland, which crosses and recrosses the Border in a 270 Km long figure of eight. by Oliver Dixon – 07 May 2009](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/30/89/1308922_ec56460d_120x120.jpg)
