Broken Cross Pipe Bridge carries the road from Sumerlease to Coventry over the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Middlewich to Preston Brook) near to Salford.
Early plans of what would become the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Middlewich to Preston Brook) were drawn up by Exuperius Picking Junior in 1816 but problems with Polehampton Tunnel caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. Expectations for coal traffic to Bradford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Longfield power station was enough to keep it open. The Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Middlewich to Preston Brook) was closed in 1955 when Northampton Embankment collapsed. In Arthur Taylor's "By Mooring Pin and Lump Hammer Across The Wash" he describes his experiences passing through Southampton Inclined plane during the General Strike.

There is a bridge here which takes a pipe over the canal.
| Northwich Bypass Bridge No 182A | 2¾ furlongs | |
| School Lane Bridge No 183 | 2 furlongs | |
| School Lane Winding Hole | 2 furlongs | |
| The Old Broken Cross PH | ¼ furlongs | |
| Broken Cross Bridge No 184 | a few yards | |
| Broken Cross Pipe Bridge | ||
| Griffiths Bridge No 185 | 2 furlongs | |
| TATA Chemicals Works Bridge No 186 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| TATA Chemicals Works Pipe Bridge No 1 | 4 furlongs | |
| TATA Chemicals Works Pipe Bridge No 2 | 5 furlongs | |
| TATA Chemicals Works Pipe Bridge No 3 | 5¾ furlongs | |
Amenities nearby at Griffiths Bridge No 185
- Trent & Mersey Canal Society – founded in 1974 — associated with Trent and Mersey Canal
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Nearest water point
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In the direction of Middlewich Junction
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Nearest self-operated pump-out
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In the direction of Middlewich Junction
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![Trent and Mersey Canal: The 'Old Broken Cross'. See [[4423686]] by Dr Neil Clifton – 02 April 2015](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/42/36/4423694_956cc861_120x120.jpg)











![Narrow boat pair pass Broken Cross, Trent & Mersey Canal, 1970. About 6 fairly tortuous miles north of [[7802948]] I caught up with 'Bexhill' and 'Brighton' as they were passing Broken Cross. The photo was taken from Bridge 184. They were followed by another Union Canal Carriers pair, 'Petrel' and 'Moon', see: [[7803796]]. Unfortunately I never did discover why 4 empty working narrow boats, so far from their depot at Braunston, were travelling north on the Trent & Mersey. by Martin Tester – 05 September 1970](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/80/37/7803767_6605c694_120x120.jpg)









