Facts & Figures - Bridges (Main Line)
The table below shows the number, name and condition of the bridges on the main line of the Cromford Canal. Our thanks go to Derek Dixon and all the other members who have helped in the compilation of these tables.

Key: D = Demolished (often with no trace remaining), E = still in existance, F = filled in, but bridge still in place

Bridges (Main Line)

No. Name Condition Notes
1 Lawn Bridge E
2 Railway End E or Brown's Bridge (swing bridge)
3 Fisherman's Path E All part of aqueduct
4 Wigwell Aqueduct E All part of aqueduct
5 Cattle Creep E All part of aqueduct
6 Towpath Swing Bridge E restored in 1988 - see the pictures HERE
7 High Peak Aqueduct E over railway
8 Gregory Tunnel E 76 yards (69.5 metres)
9 Lea Shaw E
10 (culvert) E
11 (culvert) E
12 Simm's E or Sim's (?)
13 Whatstandwell E carries B5035 to Crich
13a Crich Council Footbridge E
14 Crich Chase Bridge E
15 Gratton's E
16 Poyser's E
16a (pipe)  
17 Lime Works D in Transco yard near Control House - carried the tramway from Crich Limestone Quarries
18 Hag Tunnel F one end in Transco yard
18a Derwent Valley Pipeline E in Stevenson's yard
19 Bull Bridge F carries unclassified road to Crich
20 Towpath Swing Bridge D remains are on Cromford Wharf
21 Bull Bridge E over Drover's Way
22 River Amber E All classed as Bullbrige Aqueduct
23 Railway D All classed as Bullbrige Aqueduct
24 (culvert) D All classed as Bullbrige Aqueduct
25 Road D A610 Ripley - Ambergate road
26 Sawmills E or Brick Yard
26a Brickworks   over disused arm
27 Buckland Hollow Tunnel E 33 yards (30.1 metres) - under road to Heage
28 Railway E
29 Starvern's E also known as Starvehimvalley Bridge
30 Malthouse D
31 Hartsay F under bridle road
32 Ripley Road E under old Ripley Road (was A610)
(32a) - - new culvert under A610 required
33 Butterley Tunnel EF 3063(?) yards (2800.8 metres)
34 Golden Valley F also known as Newlands Bridge - carries Codnor - Riddings road
35 Butterley Company E but closed (unsafe)
36 Lock No 2 E under Cinder Bank, Ironville
37 Ironville Bridge E under Parkside Drive
38 Railway E under Network Rail Erewash Valley main line
- Forge D under railway c1820 -c1900, then Iron Bridge c1942 - 1999
38a Portland Basin E towpath over basin entrance
- Aqueduct D basin entrance over River Erewash
39 LNER D Bridge No 4 on GNR branch line
40 Slaley's D or Taylor's
41 Stoneyford Lane D
42 Bentley D towpath changeover bridge - no towpath under either side
43 Pollington Colliery Branch D rail
44 Erewash Aqueduct D over River Erewash
45 Stoney Lane F
46 Marshall's Bridge D road bridge
47 Beggarlee D Rail (Moorgreen Colliery branch)
48 (culvert) E Nether Green Brook
49 Nottingham Road E under A608 (old A610) - present bridge was a rebuild to take Notts & Derbys trams.