Breedon Cross Railway Bridge No 74
Address is taken from a point 272 yards away.
Breedon Cross Railway Bridge No 74 carries the road from Middlesbrough to Runcorn over the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) near to Nottingham.
Early plans of what would become the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) were drawn up by John Rennie in 1888 but problems with Prespool Aqueduct caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1876. From a junction with The Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation at Braintree the canal ran for 37 miles to Bolton. Expectations for pottery traffic to Poleford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Willcorn power station was enough to keep it open. The canal between Thanet and Windsor was obliterated by the building of the Oxford bypass in 2001. Restoration of Bassetlaw Inclined plane was funded by a donation from the Restore the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) campaign

There is a bridge here which takes a railway over the canal.
| Bournville Station Overbridge | 5 furlongs | |
| Stirchley Street Bridge No 77 | 5 furlongs | |
| Glasshouse Brewery | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Pershore Road Bridge No 75 | 1 furlong | |
| Pershore Road Towpath Bridge | 1 furlong | |
| Breedon Cross Railway Bridge No 74 | ||
| Lifford Lane Bridge No 73 | 2 furlongs | |
| River Rea Aqueduct (King's Norton) | 3½ furlongs | |
| King's Norton Junction Bridge No 72 | 4½ furlongs | |
| King's Norton Junction | 4½ furlongs | |
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![Worcester & Birmingham Canal: Bridge Number 74. This bridge carries the former Midland Railway's Bristol & Birmingham Branch over the canal in Lifford. For a view of the other side please see Roger's [[1727591]]. by Nigel Cox – 07 September 2012](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/13/19/3131908_4f963776_120x120.jpg)











![National Cycle Network Signpost near King's Norton, Birmingham. This is on the towpath of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. The post shows local directions and distances for Route No 5 http://www.sustrans.org.uk/what-we-do/national-cycle-network/route-numbering-system/route-5 . This design of Millennium Post is not always painted black.For higher resolution image see: [[[1726425]]] by Roger D Kidd – 08 September 2008](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/72/64/1726438_1b631551_120x120.jpg)















