Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 162 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1986. Canal bridge.

Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 162

WRENN ID
iron-chapel-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 December 1986
Type
Canal bridge
Address
Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 162, Moston
OS grid reference
SJ 730 623
Coordinates
53.1577, -2.40394
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bridge Number 162 on the Trent and Mersey Canal is a canal road bridge built in 1777, designed by engineer James Brindley. It is constructed of painted brown brick and features a deep segmental arch. The abutments have a concave batter and are curved in plan, with square end-piers and flush stone copings.

Local climate

Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 162 receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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