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 Half Way Bridge (Bridge number 136).

   (Flatted).

On the approach to the flatted Half Way Bridge  and the A483 road.

A canoe launching pad is to be found.

A seat is also conveniently placed for you to rest a while before proceeding along the next section.

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    Just past the canoe launch pad is the entrance to the culvert that carries water across the road at the site of the flatted bridge.

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    New gates at both sides of the A483 road provide access to and from the canal.

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    This view of the wall on the Newtown side of  the flatted bridge gives us the date that the bridge was flatted.

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    On the Newtown side of the flatted Half Way Bridge (Bridge number 136).

    Another canoe launch pad is to be found.  

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    Another view of the canoe launch site.

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   Leaving the site of the flatted bridge.

A cottage is to be found with a seat by its wall.

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Heading towards Bunkers Hill Bridge (No. 137).

The bridge is hidden under the trees that you can see in the distance.

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    Bunkers Hill Bridge (Bridge No.137).

          To the left of the tow path is the site where a wooden canal side hut used to stand .

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  Bunkers Hill Bridge (Bridge No.137).  

Seen from the Newtown side.

      A path leads up to the top of the bridge and enables access to the nearby main road.

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     The view to the North from the top of Bunkers Hill Bridge.

  The site of the demolished wooden shed is seen to the bottom right of the photo .

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Looking in the direction of Newtown from near to the foot of Bunkers Hill Bridge.

Bunkers Hill Bridge is sited in the community of  Tan-y-Fron where, in the past, a collection of houses had grown up round a wharf and lime kilns .

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