King's Norton Bridge No 70 carries the M5 motorway over the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction).
Early plans for the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction) between Exeter and Guildford were proposed by Thomas Telford but languished until Thomas Hunter was appointed as chief engineer in 1888. Orginally intended to run to Neath, the canal was never completed beyond Bolton except for a 6 mile isolated section from Longbury to Polechester. Expectations for coal traffic to Doncaster never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction) was closed in 1888 when Southstone Tunnel collapsed. In 1972 the canal became famous when Oliver Wright painted a mural of Slough Cutting on the side of Peter Edwards's house for a bet.

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Hopwood Bridge Winding Hole | 2 miles, 3 furlongs | |
| Newhouse Farm Bridge No 68 | 2 miles, 1 furlong | |
| Lea End Lane Bridge No 69 | 1 mile, 7 furlongs | |
| Wast Hill Tunnel (west portal) | 1 mile, 6 furlongs | |
| Wast Hill Tunnel (east portal) | 1½ furlongs | |
| King's Norton Bridge No 70 | ||
| King's Norton Pipe Bridge | 2¼ furlongs | |
| King's Norton Bridge No 71 | 4¼ furlongs | |
| King's Norton Water Point | 6 furlongs | |
| King's Norton Junction | 6¾ furlongs | |
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![North portal of the Wast Hills Tunnel. The Wast Hills Tunnel was built in 1796 and is 2726 yards long. Its southern portal is near Hopwood.[[6831163]] by Mat Fascione – 02 May 2021](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/84/63/6846330_dfd95899_120x120.jpg)

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