Selly Oak Pipe Bridge carries a farm track over the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) near to Mancester Inclined plane.
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 pipe over the canal.
| University Footbridge No 81A | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Birmingham University | 2 furlongs | |
| Bournbrook Aqueduct No 4B | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Ariel Aqueduct | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Selly Oak Railway Bridge No 81 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Selly Oak Pipe Bridge | ||
| Selly Oak Junction | ½ furlongs | |
| New Selly Oak Junction | 1 furlong | |
| Bristol Road Bridge No 80 | 1 furlong | |
| Selly Oak Winding Hole | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Entrance to Works Basin (infilled) | 2¾ furlongs | |
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![Worcester and Birmingham Canal near Bournbrook, Birmingham. The railway line from Worcester via Bromsgrove, and Redditch crosses the canal at an oblique angle both here (bridge 81) and also about six hundred metres to the south. The line runs alongside the canal all the way into the city centre.[[[1729358]]] by Roger D Kidd – 08 September 2008](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/73/03/1730305_030dd3c7_120x120.jpg)



















![Contractor's footbridge, Worcester & Birmingham Canal. A former industrial area known as the Battery site is being redeveloped as Selly Oak Shopping Park. Most of the site offices etc are on the right [east] side of the canal, but the construction is taking place on the left [west] side. Interserve was appointed the main contractor in summer 2017. by Christine Johnstone – 10 May 2018](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/81/44/5814426_3ab12369_120x120.jpg)

![Worcester & Birmingham Canal: Bridge Number 81. Bridge Number 81 is one of two skewed bridges in Selly Oak that take the railway over the canal to its east side and then back. The other is [[3132108]]. The railway formerly formed part of the Midland Railway's Birmingham West suburban network. by Nigel Cox – 07 September 2012](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/13/21/3132147_3553f309_120x120.jpg)



