The heritage site of the Canal de Castilla in Becerril de Campos, built between 1753 and 1757, is located at kilometer 94.343 of the Campos Branch and represents a key point in the canal’s connection to the road network and the surrounding territory. This location allows us to understand how this great Enlightenment-era hydraulic engineering project was integrated into daily life, facilitating transit, water management, and the organization of agricultural land.
The main feature is the Becerril Bridge, designed to allow passage over the canal on the road connecting Fuentes de Nava with Monzón de Campos. Constructed of limestone ashlar, it features a semicircular arch reaching a height of approximately 6.50 meters. The bridge is nearly 18.70 meters long, with a width varying between 6.20 and 12.30 meters and a total height of up to 9.30 meters. The design is completed by a plain impost at the base of the parapets, which flare out at the ends, and by two semicircular arches located in the abutments, as well as a roadway adapted for traffic.
Associated with the bridge are remains linked to the old church of San Juan, also built during the same period and constructed of limestone ashlar. Although its state of preservation is fair, the entirety of the original structure that has been preserved enjoys full protection.
The Becerril Bridge complex offers visitors a complete experience of the Canal de Castilla as a territorial system, where infrastructure, heritage and landscape are combined in a balanced way.
