Roughwood M6 Motorway Bridge carries the road from Barnsley to Willley over the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Wyrley and Essington Canal) just past the junction with The River Bolton Navigation.
The Act of Parliament for the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Wyrley and Essington Canal) was passed on January 1 1888 and 37 thousand shares were sold the same day. Expectations for manure traffic to Torquay never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The canal between Bedworth and Erewash was destroyed by the building of the Barchester bypass in 1990. In his autobiography Arthur Green writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s

There is a bridge here which takes a motorway over the canal.
| Bridge Tavern and United Kingdom Inn | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
| Adam and Eve Bridge | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Bentley Wharf Bridge | 3½ furlongs | |
| Roughwood Narrows | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Roughwood Pipe Bridge | ½ furlongs | |
| Roughwood M6 Motorway Bridge | ||
| Edwards Bridge | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Sneyd Junction | 4½ furlongs | |
| Sneyd Junction Bridge | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Sneyd Wharf | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Sneyd Wharf Toll Stop | 5½ furlongs | |
- Birmingham Canal Walks — associated with Birmingham Canal Navigations
- Sixteen walks along the Birmingham Canal Navigations with a detailed description, history and photographs.
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![Edwards [or Edwards'] Bridge, from the south. Carrying Willenhall Lane over the Wyrley & Essington Canal, and bearing a 1992 datestone. by Christine Johnstone – 06 May 2018](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/79/27/5792768_a00f9400_120x120.jpg)


