Former canal and road bridge This section of canal was constructed in 1793 as part of the Stowmarket Navigation, linking Ipswich and Stowmarket via a series of fifteen locks. At this point it by-passes the River Gipping, but elsewhere the river itself becomes the 'Navigation'. It has not been used since the 1930s. The road bridge carries the Handford Road, one of the busiest sections of road in the town, which leads to the A12. A footpath follows the western side of the canal, linking Handford Road and West End Road.
