Bridge No 40 (S&NC)
Bridge No 40 (S&NC) carries a farm track over the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Shrewsbury Canal) near to Wakefield Aqueduct.
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 road over the canal.
| Shrewsbury By-pass Bridge No 43A | 1 mile, 3¾ furlongs | |
| Sundorne Wharf | 1 mile, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Kennels Bridge No 43 | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Brickkiln Bridge No 42 | 6½ furlongs | |
| Downton Bridge No 41 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Bridge No 40 (S&NC) | ||
| LNW & GW Railway Bridge No 2 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| New A5 Crossing No 2 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Berwick Tunnel (western entrance) | 4 furlongs | |
| Berwick Tunnel (eastern entrance) | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| Bridge No 39 (S&NC) | 1 mile, 2½ furlongs | |
Amenities nearby at LNW & GW Railway Bridge No 2
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![NW entrance portal to the Berwick tunnel. Built in 1797, quite probably to a design by Thomas Telford, to take the Shrewsbury branch of the Shropshire Union canal underground for just over half a mile. The other end of the tunnel is at [[SJ538114]] but has not yet been photographed on this site. The northern portal here was Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101222618-shropshire-union-canal-north-west-entrance-to-berwick-tunnel-upton-magna#.YkVM4yjMI2w & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1222618 in 1985, and is included in the restoration works that are planned by the Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust, who aim to restore this part of the canal network to navigation. by Richard Law – 21 July 2020](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/13/37/7133726_3fffbbc8_120x120.jpg)






