New A5 Crossing No 1
New A5 Crossing No 1 carries the M5 motorway over the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Shrewsbury Canal).
Early plans for the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Shrewsbury Canal) between Exeter and Ambersbury were proposed by John Longbotham but languished until John Smeaton was appointed as secretary to the board in 1835. Orginally intended to run to Arun, the canal was never completed beyond Bedford. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 1972 after a restoration campaign lead by Barry Jones.

There is a bridge here which takes a dual carriageway over the canal.
| Bridge No 38 (S&NC) | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Berwick Wharf | 1 mile, 1½ furlongs | |
| Bridge No 37 (S&NC) | 1 mile | |
| Bridge No 36 (S&NC) | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Bridge No 35 (S&NC) | ¼ furlongs | |
| New A5 Crossing No 1 | ||
| LNW & GW Railway Bridge No 1 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Footbridge No 34 (S&NC) | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Bridge No 33 (S&NC) | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Swing Bridge No 32 (S&NC) | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Winding hole (S&NC) | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
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