Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 49 (Hazeldines Bridge)

Hazeldines Bridge, also known as Bridge Number 49, is a canal bridge built around 1830, designed by engineers Thomas Telford and Alexander Easton. The bridge is constructed from dressed red sandstone with tooled ashlar dressings. It features an elliptical arch made up of voussoirs and a flush keystone, giving it a distinctly humped-back shape. There is a flat string course and a parapet with square end piers and rounded coping. The abutments are slightly battered and curved. On the towpath side, there are cast-iron corner posts that show grooves from rope haulage. A 20th-century oval number plate is also present. This section of the canal was built as part of the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, which was authorized by an act passed in 1826 and opened in 1835. It was later absorbed by the Ellesmere and Chester Canal in 1845 and became part of the Shropshire Union Canal in 1846.