Upper Beeding Bridge
Upper Beeding Bridge carries the road from Coventry to Southcroft over the River Adur between Bury and Sumerlease.
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 a minor road over the canal.
| River Adur Junction (eastern) | 4 miles, 4½ furlongs | |
| 2nd Footbridge | 4 miles, 1¼ furlongs | |
| 1st Footbridge | 3 miles, 4¼ furlongs | |
| West Mill Lane Footbridge | 2 miles, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Upper Beeding Field Bridge | 3½ furlongs | |
| Upper Beeding Bridge | ||
| Steyning Bypass Road | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Botolphs Footbridge | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Coombes Road Arm | 2 miles, 6½ furlongs | |
| Shoreham Bypass Bridge | 3 miles, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Old Shoreham Bridge | 3 miles, 3½ furlongs | |
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![At Beeding Bridge. A view against the light on a late-September morning. There had been heavy rain overnight but the clouds were about to disperse and the rest of the day was fine and warm. Visibility was not so good the morning before: [[[5554269]]]. by John Sutton – 28 September 2017](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/55/32/5553282_96df8517_120x120.jpg)
![Beeding Bridge in the mist. Looking from Bramber to Upper Beeding on a misty morning in late September. The air was clearer the following morning: [[[5553282]]]. by John Sutton – 27 September 2017](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/55/42/5554269_dc4cbb97_120x120.jpg)























