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Commercial Road Footbridge

 
Commercial Road, Spalding PE11 2HA, United Kingdom (B1173)
 

Commercial Road Footbridge carries the road from Ipswich to Longley over the River Welland (Main Line) just past the junction with The River Cam.

The Act of Parliament for the River Welland (Main Line) was passed on 17 September 1816 the same day as that of The River Foss. In his autobiography William Yates writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s

Information about the place
Commercial Road Footbridge is a minor waterways place on the River Welland (Main Line) between Welland - Folly River Junction (Junction of the River Welland and the Folly River (limit of navigation)) (12 miles and 5¾ furlongs to the southwest) and Welland - Glen Junction (Junction of the River Welland and the River Glen) (4 miles and 4½ furlongs and 1 lock to the northeast).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Welland - Folly River Junction is High Street Footbridge (Spalding); 2 furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Welland - Glen Junction is West Elloe Bridge (south); 2¾ furlongs away.

There may be access to the towpath here.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.

 
 
Amenities

Amenities here

 Birds
 Hungry Horse
 Munro Medical Centre

Amenities nearby at High Street Footbridge (Spalding)

 Iceland
 Sainsbury's
 Sainsburys
 Sainsburys PLC
 Lincoln Co-op
 Ivy Wall
 Spalding
 Wetherspoons
 Fish & Chips
 Sainsburys Fuel
 Halfords
 Homebase
 
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In the direction of Welland - Folly River Junction

Welland Bank Arm10 miles, 2 furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Welland - Folly River Junction

In the direction of River Witham - The Wash Junction

Tongue End Junction16 miles, ½ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Welland - Glen Junction, then on the River Glen (Main Line) to Tongue End Junction

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CanalPlan has no information on any of the following facilities within range:
water point
rubbish disposal
chemical toilet disposal
self-operated pump-out
boatyard pump-out
Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
 
 
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[M8 Bridge to Nowhere] Charing Cross, was completed in the 1990s as an office block. The Anderston Footbridge, a pedestrian bridge south of St Patrick's church, was finally completed [Boardwalk] Boardwalk Corduroy road List of boardwalks in the United States Footbridge Marston Mat a 20th-century equivalent for airport runways Plank road Riverfront Riverwalk [River Don, Yorkshire] west side of the inner relief road roundabout. The iron footbridge in the middle of the roundabout on the A61 inner ring road was first built as a wooden [Spencer Road Halt railway station] regard to shorter journeys. Apart from a metal footbridge which carried the path between Spencer Road and Birdhurst Rise over the line, the halt consisted [Wong Chuk Hang station] interchange on a widened section of Heung Yip Road. A network of footbridges serves future commercial and residential areas, and the station exists as [Farmgate] movie theaters, is located here. Green Road is the main street of this area, extending from the Farmgate footbridge to Pantapath. Department of Agricultural [Morningside Road railway station] where its displays posters advertising passenger rail services. The iron footbridge from the former station still stands to this day, connecting Maxwell Street [O-Bahn Busway] emerging onto bus lanes in the middle of Hackney Road just north of the intersection with Botanic Road and North Terrace. The bus lanes continue north [Skyway] zones. Urban skyways very often take the form of enclosed or covered footbridges that protect pedestrians from the weather. Open-top modern skyways in [Nescio Bridge] Nescio Bridge (or Nesciobrug in Dutch) is an award-winning cycle and footbridge in the Netherlands. This curved, steel suspension bridge, located in Amsterdam
 
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