Bridge 87 - Worcester & Birmingham Canal - Five Ways, Birmingham, UK.
N 52° 28.347 W 001° 54.690
30U E 573935 N 5814144
This arch bridge 87 is known as Bath Row Bridge and is located on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal at Five Ways.
Waymark Code: WM1119B
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/28/2019
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Bath Row, Bridge No 87 is located on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal at Five Ways.
It is a brick built, arch bridge which takes Bath Row road over the canal. There is access to the canal towpath at this bridge.
"Bath Row Bridge No 87 is a minor waterways place on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) between Worcester Bar (Junction of Worcester and Birmingham Canal with BCN) (3¾ furlongs to the north) and Selly Oak Junction (Former junction with Dudley Canal Line No 2) (2 miles and 4¼ furlongs to the southwest). The nearest place in the direction of Worcester Bar is Granville Street Bridge No 88; 1½ furlongs away. The nearest place in the direction of Selly Oak Junction is Islington Road Bridge No 86 (City centre ring road); ¾ furlongs away." Source: (
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The Worcester and Birmingham Canal is a canal linking Worcester and Birmingham. It starts in Worcester, as an 'offshoot' of the River Severn and climbs 428 feet (130 m) to its end in the Gas Street Basin in Birmingham. It is 29 miles (47 km) long and has 58 locks, including the 30 Tardebigge Locks, one of the largest lock flights in Europe.
The canal was surveyed by Josiah Clowes and John Snape and construction of a barge-width (14 ft) canal began in 1792 from the Birmingham end, but progressed slowly. Its engineers changed often, and included Thomas Cartwright, John Woodhouse and William Crosley. The final 16 miles (26 km) were opened in December 1815.
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