Dow Bridge
Dow Bridge is a location in the English Midlands where the A5 road (Great Britain), A5 road (the former Roman road, Roman Watling Street) crosses the River Avon (Warwickshire), River Avon. It is the point where the three counties of Warwickshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire meet, forming a List of tripoints of English counties, tripoint. A bridge has existed at the location since Roman times. The 16th-century antiquary John Leland (antiquary), John Leland wrote 'Where this bridge is there were two smaller ones, the wider for carriages, the lesser, evidently Roman, for foot passengers and horses.' The site was for centuries believed to have been the location of the Roman town of Tripontium, however this was later discovered around a mile to the north. The bridge was rebuilt in around 1776 by the Road Commissioners, consisting of five brick arches and was again rebuilt in 1838, incorporating parts of the earlier bridge. On this bridge was a stone called the 'Three Shires S ...
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