Bridge 85 - Worcester & Birmingham Canal - Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
N 52° 28.127 W 001° 54.880
30U E 573726 N 5813733
This arch bridge 85 is known as St James Road Bridge and is located on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal at Edgbaston.
Waymark Code: WM11199
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/28/2019
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St James Road, Bridge No 85 is located on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal at Edgbaston.
It is a brick built, arch bridge which takes St James Road over the canal. There is no access to the canal towpath at this bridge.
"St James Road Bridge No 85 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) (6¼ furlongs to the northeast) and Selly Oak Junction (Former junction with Dudley Canal Line No 2) (2 miles and 1¾ furlongs to the southwest). The nearest place in the direction of Worcester Bar is Islington Road Bridge No 86 (City centre ring road); 1½ furlongs away.
The nearest place in the direction of Selly Oak Junction is Edgbaston Tunnel (Northeast end); 3 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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