Bettoncoppice Turnover Bridge (Number 67)

Bettoncoppice Turnover Bridge (Number 67) is a canal bridge built around 1830 by engineers Thomas Telford and Alexander Easton. It is constructed from dressed red and grey sandstone with tooled dressings. This bridge serves as both an accommodation bridge and a roving towpath bridge. It features an elliptical arch made of voussoirs with a flush keystone, and has a humped-back shape with a chamfered string course. The parapet includes square end piers on the north side and rounded coping. The abutments are slightly battered and curved. The towpath section is separated from the accommodation section by a stone wall and is accessed via ramps from the south. There are cast-iron corner posts on the towpath side that show grooves from rope haulage. A 20th-century oval metal number plate is located on the south side.

This part of the canal was constructed 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 eventually became part of the Shropshire Union Canal in 1846.