Rhos-y-Coed Bridge No 31W carries the M50 motorway over the Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Canal - Main Line) near to Barcorn Boat Lift.
Early plans of what would become the Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Canal - Main Line) were drawn up by Thomas Dadford in 1835 but problems with Bedford Boat Lift caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1876. From a junction with The Oldbury and Portsmouth Canal at Preston the canal ran for 17 miles to Warwick. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Plymouth never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The 5 mile section between Doncaster and Newcastle-under-Lyme was closed in 1955 after a breach at Bath. According to Barry Edwards's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Leeds Embankment is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.

There is a bridge here which takes a road over the canal.
| Bryn-Ceirch Bridge No 36W | 1 mile, 3 furlongs | |
| Millars Bridge No 35W | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| Plas-y-Pentre Bridge No 34W | 7 furlongs | |
| White Bridge No 33W | 1½ furlongs | |
| Postles Bridge No 32W | ¾ furlongs | |
| Rhos-y-Coed Bridge No 31W | ||
| Ruabon Branch Junction | ¼ furlongs | |
| C&RT Information Point (Trevor) | ¼ furlongs | |
| Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (northern end) | ½ furlongs | |
| Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (southern end) | 2 furlongs | |
| Coedfryn Water Point | 3 furlongs | |
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![Small boat approaching bridge 31. Similar to Eirian Evans photograph [[1570260]] not only have the canal banks been tidied but the ugly pipe bridge has been removed and stonework cleaned. by Gordon Spicer – 1970](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/23/46/2234694_f4cb01d1_120x120.jpg)







![Bridge Number 31, Llangollen Canal, Trevor. There is a cut bench mark on the parapet to the left of the photograph and a closer view can be seen here: [[6148509]]. by Mark Anderson – 03 May 2019](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/14/85/6148515_3abdd754_120x120.jpg)







