If you had to name them correctly these are ten “Navigable” aqueducts. But to those of us who don’t speak architecture, they are water bridges. Not normal bridges over water, but bridges that carry water over things like other rivers, ravine, roads or valleys. I think they look amazing, and I hope you agree with me…
10 – Pontcysyllte
If you are into canoeing you definitely need to travel over this Aqueduct at least once in your life. built in the early 19th century it is still working and one of Wales most visited tourist spots.
9 – Dundas
There are not many places in the world that can lay claim to having a curved navigable aqueduct, but Dundas is one of them. It’s also a Grade One listed building and the world’s first canal structure to be scheduled as an Ancient Monument!
8 – Barton Swing
The Barton Swing Aqueduct is the world’s only remaining and working moveable navigable aqueduct. The swinging action allows large ships to sail underneath and smaller narrowboats to cross over the top!
7 – Langdeel
It looks like a sort of flooded field, Crossing the N31 it was previously diverted a little bit to the west, but then in 2004 to 2008 they worked on the aqueduct you see now.
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6 – Edstone
The Edstone Aqueducts unusual feature is that the 4 miles (6 km) length of towpaths is all at the level of the canal bottom! So you can walk eye to eye with the canal boats.
5 – Veluwemeer
Crossing the N302 road near Harderwijk, Netherlands. it is only 25 meters long and 19 meters wide and has a water depth of 3 meters. But it does cross a road that sees 28 000 vehicles that will pass underneath it each and every day.
4 – Briare
The Briare aqueduct was built over The Canal de Briare (which is one of the oldest canals in France) between 1890 and 1896. It also lays claim to the world’s longest aqueduct at 662.7 meters long.
3 – Pont du Sart
The Pont du Sart Aqueduct crosses 3 main roads and a roundabout! It’s a massive 498 meters (1,600 ft) long and 46 meters (150 ft) wide, but it isn’t the biggest.
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2 – Håverud
The often photographed and very well-known aqueduct at Håverud brings in yachts, speedboats and loads of tourists during the summer months. Believe it or not, it was built between 1865-1868!
1 – Magdeburg
The Magdeburg Water Bridge is the world’s biggest water aqueduct. Located in central Germany it crosses the river Elbe. It’s made from 24,000 tonnes of steel and 68,000 cubic meters of concrete.