Rochester Bridge carries the road from Stoke-on-Trent to Liverpool over the River Medway (Tidal section) near to Preston Cutting.
The Act of Parliament for the River Medway (Tidal section) was passed on January 1 1835 the same day as that of The North Walsham and Dilham Canal. Expectations for pottery traffic to Willchester never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Liverfield kept it open. The canal between Torquay and Halton was lost by the building of the Harrogate bypass in 1990. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 2001 after a restoration campaign lead by Stoke-on-Trent parish council.

There is a bridge here which takes a dual carriageway over the canal.
| Mouth of Swale and Queensborough Pier | 10 miles, 5¾ furlongs | |
| Isle of Grain Oil Refinery | 9 miles, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Brompton and Gillingham | 4 miles, 7 furlongs | |
| Chatham | 1 mile, 3 furlongs | |
| Medway - Thames and Medway Canal Junction | 2½ furlongs | |
| Rochester Bridge | ||
| Rochester Pier | 1 furlong | |
| Medway Bridge | 1 mile, 5¾ furlongs | |
| HS1 Viaduct Bridge | 1 mile, 6 furlongs | |
| Cuxton | 2 miles, 3½ furlongs | |
| Wouldham | 4 miles, 1¼ furlongs | |
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In the direction of Allington Lock No 10
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Wikipedia has a page about Rochester Bridge
Rochester Bridge in Rochester, Medway was for centuries the lowest fixed crossing of the River Medway in South East England. There have been several generations of bridge at this spot, and the current "bridge" is in fact four separate bridges: the "Old" bridge and "New" bridge carrying the A2 road, "Railway" bridge carrying the railway and the "Service" bridge carrying service pipes and cables. The bridge links the towns of Strood and Rochester in Medway. All except the railway bridge are owned and maintained by the Rochester Bridge Trust.




























![Rochester: rams on Rochester Bridge. Detail of the stonework at the foot of the [[3685854]].See [[3685856]] for more discussion on the bridge itself. by Chris Downer – 29 September 2013](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/68/58/3685860_93aa1303_120x120.jpg)
![Rochester: column on Rochester Bridge. Detail of the column midway across [[3685856]]. The coat of arms is that of the Rochester Bridge Trust and the motto Publica Privatis means](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/68/58/3685854_5166be36_120x120.jpg)
