Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 57 (High Bridge)

Bridge Number 57, also known as High Bridge, is a canal bridge built around 1830, designed by engineers Thomas Telford and Alexander Easton. It is constructed from dressed red sandstone, featuring rock-faced and tooled ashlar dressings. The bridge has a very tall elliptical arch made of voussoirs, with raised impost blocks and a keystone. It includes a flat string course and a parapet with square end piers and rounded coping. The abutments are slightly battered and curved. This bridge spans the canal within a deep cutting.

This section of the canal was 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 in 1846.