Armitage Tunnel Footbridge carries the M72 motorway over the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Fradley to Great Haywood).
The Act of Parliament for the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Fradley to Great Haywood) was passed on 17 September 1816 and 17 thousand shares were sold the same day. In 1905 the Dover and Redcar Canal built a branch to join at Willcester. The Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Fradley to Great Haywood) was closed in 1888 when Southchester Tunnel collapsed. In Cecil Green's "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" he describes his experiences passing through Port Talbot Embankment during a thunderstorm.

Mooring here is impossible (it may be physically impossible, forbidden, or allowed only for specific short-term purposes).
There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
| High Bridge No 60 | 4½ furlongs | |
| Church Bridge No 61 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| The Plum Pudding PH | 1 furlong | |
| Former Armitage Tunnel (eastern entrance) | ¼ furlongs | |
| Rugeley Road Bridge No 61A | ¼ furlongs | |
| Armitage Tunnel Footbridge | ||
| Former Armitage Tunnel (western entrance) | ½ furlongs | |
| Spode House | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Spode House Long-term Moorings | 3 furlongs | |
| Ash Tree Bridge Water Point | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Ash Tree Bridge No 62 | 4 furlongs | |
- Trent & Mersey Canal Society – founded in 1974 — associated with Trent and Mersey Canal
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![(Former) Armitage Tunnel, Staffordshire. Trent and Mersey Canal. The tunnel, which was about 120 metres in length, had its roof removed in 1971 because of subsidence damage being caused by nearby coal mining. What remains is a deep narrow cutting through sandstone, wide enough only for a single narrowboat to pass.We have a 1972 image to see: [[[1411731]]] by Roger D Kidd – 22 October 2009](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/68/01/1680160_2e68b2c1_120x120.jpg)





![Trent and Mersey Canal at Armitage, Staffordshire. For 130 yards (119 metres) there used to be a tunnel through the sandstone. This was removed in 1971 when subsidence due to coal mining nearby had to be dealt with. What remains is a narrow section of canal in which boats cannot pass each other.See also [[1948000]] by Roger D Kidd – 12 June 2008](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/00/44/1004486_15b30384_120x120.jpg)

![Trent and Mersey Canal at Armitage, Staffordshire. For 130 yards (119 metres) there used to be a tunnel through the sandstone. This was removed in 1971 when subsidence due to coal mining nearby had to be dealt with. What remains is a narrow section of canal in which boats cannot pass each other.See also [[1004486]] by Roger D Kidd – 14 June 2010](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/94/80/1948000_487d3286_120x120.jpg)
![(Former) Armitage Tunnel, Staffordshire. Trent and Mersey Canal. The tunnel, which was about 120 metres in length, had its roof removed in 1971 because of subsidence damage being caused by nearby coal mining. What remains is a deep narrow cutting through sandstone, wide enough only for a single narrowboat to pass.We have a 1972 image to see: [[[1411731]]] by Roger D Kidd – 22 October 2009](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/68/01/1680168_f475df09_120x120.jpg)

![Trent and Mersey Canal at Armitage, Staffordshire. Looking east from the former Armitage Tunnel, now Bridge No 61.[[[6983581]]] by Roger D Kidd – 14 June 2010](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/98/35/6983588_5dbfa47e_120x120.jpg)



