Canal du Nord

50°17′N 3°07′E / 50.283°N 3.117°E / 50.283; 3.117

Canal du Nord
The Canal du Nord near Hermies
Specifications
Length	95 km (59 mi)
Lock length	91.9 m (302 ft)
Lock width	6 m (20 ft)
Locks	19
Status	Open
Tunnels:	Ruyaulcourt tunnel, Panneterie tunnel[1]
History
Principal engineer	Gabarit Freycinet
Construction began	1908
Date completed	1965
Geography
Start point	Canal latéral à l'Oise, Pont-l'Évêque, France
End point	Sensée Canal, Arleux, France

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Legend
Sensée Canal Arleux Rue du Bias, Arleux Malderez Canal Lock No. 1 (Palluel) Rue d'en Haut, Palluel Rue des Stations, Sauchy-Cauchy A26 autoroute Port of Marquion Route National (D939) Lock No. 2 (Marquion) Rue du Sains, Sains-lès-Marquion Lock No. 3 (Sains-lès-Marquion) Rue du Sains-lès-Marquion Lock No. 4 (Inchy-en-Artois) Rue d'en Haut, Mœuvres Lock No. 5 (Mœuvres) Route de Cuquiche, Mœuvres Route de Bapaume (D930) Lock No. 6 Lock No. 7 Rue d'Hermies Ruyaulcourt Tunnel Ruyaulcourt A2 autoroute Chaussee Brunehaut (D58) Rue d'Equancourt (C6) Rue de Douai (C7) Rue de la Taille, Manancourt Side Wharf Rue Canal, Moislains Rue Garre, Moislains Moislains Public Quay Lock No. 8 (Moislains) Lock No. 9 Lock No. 10 (Allaines) Route d'Allaines, Allaines Rue d'Arras (D1017), Feuillaucourt Lock No. 11 (Feuillaucourt) Route d'Albert (D938) Lock No. 12 (Halles) River Somme Junction with the Somme Canal Port de Plaisance, Péronne Faubourg de Paris (D1017), Péronne Lock No. 13 (La Chalelette) Chaussee Brunehaut (D1029), Brie Saint-Christ-Briost Wharf Saint-Christ-Briost Bridge A29 autoroute Lock No. 14 (Épénancourt) Pargny Bridge Béthencourt-sur-Somme Bridge Junction with the Somme Canal Route de Rouy, Rouy-le-Petit Railway Bridge Route de Nesle (D930) Lock No. 15 (Languevoisin-Quiquery) Grand Rue, Languevoisin-Quiquery Languevoisin-Quiquery Public Port Rue du Coquis, Breuil Buverchy Bridge Lannoy Wharf Lannoy Bridge Libermont Bridge Panneterie Tunnel Rue de la Gare, Frétoy-le-Château Lock No. 16 (Campagne) Campagne Bridge Rue de Catingy, Catigny Rue de Genets, Béhencourt Rue de l'Eglise, Haudival Lock No. 17 (Haudival) Rue de Beaurains, Beaurains-lès-Noyon D934 Coopérative Agora wharf Route de Montdidier (D938), Noyon Lock No. 18 (Noyon) Noyon Bridge D1032 Lock No. 19 (Pont-l'Évêque) Rue du Mont Renaud Creil–Jeumont railway bridge Pont-l'Évêque public wharf Oise Lateral Canal

The Canal du Nord (French pronunciation: [kanal dy nɔʁ], literally Canal of the North) is a 95-kilometre (59 mi) long canal in northern France. The canal connects the Canal latéral à l'Oise at Pont-l'Évêque to the Sensée Canal at Arleux.^[2] The French government, in partnership with coal-mining companies in the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments, developed the canal to help French coal mining companies withstand foreign competition. Construction of the canal began in 1908 but halted in 1914, because of the First World War. The war caused widespread destruction of the canal and the French government made no attempt to resume construction until 1959. Construction recommenced in 1960 and the waterway opened to the public in 1965. The Canal du Nord and the Canal de Saint-Quentin may be supplanted by the Seine–Nord Europe Canal, a projected high capacity link between the Oise River at Janville and the high capacity Dunkirk-Escaut Canal.