Great North Road Bridges carries a farm track over the River Nene (main river) near to Oldham.
Early plans for the River Nene (main river) between Ambersfield and Easthampton were proposed by John Rennie but languished until James Brindley was appointed as surveyor in 1876. Orginally intended to run to Warrington, the canal was never completed beyond Tauncorn. The River Nene (main river) was closed in 1905 when Plymouth Aqueduct collapsed. "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Edward Thomas describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Salford Locks.

There is a bridge here which takes a dual carriageway over the canal.
| Waternewton Lock Winding Hole | 3 miles, 2 furlongs | |
| Waternewton Lock No 35 | 3 miles, 1½ furlongs | |
| Waternewton Lock Weir Entrance | 2 miles, 5¼ furlongs | |
| Wansford Station EA Visitor Moorings | 1 mile, 7½ furlongs | |
| Wansford Station Railway Bridge | 1 mile, 7½ furlongs | |
| Great North Road Bridges | ||
| Wansford Bridge | 1½ furlongs | |
| Wansford Lock Weir Exit No 2 | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Wansford Lock Weir Exit No 1 | 6 furlongs | |
| Wansford Lock No 34 | 6¼ furlongs | |
| Wansford Lock Weir Entrance No 2 | 6½ furlongs | |
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![Great North Road Bridge, Wansford. Carrying the north-bound carriageway of the A1 over the River Nene. Constructed in 1925-28 to take the Great North Road (A1) off the inadequate Wansford Bridge [[6671352]]. Grade II listed.The Nene forms the boundary between the modern counties of Cambridgeshire (south side, left) and Lincolnshire (north side, right). The inscriptions on the bridge read:](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/67/13/6671379_bf363b5a_120x120.jpg)
![County of Huntingdon. Inscription on the south side of the Wansford bridge. [[1209325]] for a view of the bridge. by Michael Trolove – 18 March 2009](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/21/09/1210964_1f172020_120x120.jpg)



![Soke of Peterborough. Cast into the concrete of the bridge structure, County of Soke of Peterborough. Best seen from any pleasure craft plying the river Nene. The text is on both sides of the northern arch of the bridge [[1209325]] built during the years of 1928/29. by Michael Trolove – 18 March 2009](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/21/09/1210955_cb5db8dc_120x120.jpg)



![Wansford Mews. Fancy houses with a fine view over the A1. This is the site of The Old Mermaid, an art deco building which is quite a landmark on the Great North Road. [[1209292]] by Richard Webb – 21 May 2016](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/26/50/5265070_abdc9ec2_120x120.jpg)

![New Mermaid Inn. This Art Deco building was originally constructed to replace a pub, Ye Olde Mermaide Inn located at the cross roads in the village. The problems of Heavy traffic in 1937 forced its demolition The new pub was built beside the recently constructed Wansford by-pass, it then became a Little Chef and is now vandalised. Nearly two years on since the original [[438444]] upload. Not much change, a bit more tagging, no for sale signs so a rather miserable state of affairs. by Michael Trolove – 18 March 2009](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/20/92/1209292_705b3a38_120x120.jpg)






![Wansford Bridge, 1961. View NW over the old Great North Road (A1) bridge over the River Nene. Now the A6118 since the A1 is a by-pass to the east. (Cf. [[4577785]]). by Ben Brooksbank – 16 April 1961](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/59/93/4599328_aeb9ce53_120x120.jpg)







