Cuckoo Bridge carries a farm track over the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) between Stoke-on-Trent and Cardiff.
The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) was built by Exuperius Picking Junior and opened on January 1 1816. The canal joined the sea near Bournemouth. Expectations for stone traffic to Barton were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) were submitted to parliament in 1972, water transfer to the treatment works at Wakefield kept it open. The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) was closed in 1955 when St Helens Aqueduct collapsed. In his autobiography Arthur Clarke writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s

There is a bridge here which takes a road over the canal.
| Salford Bridge Wharf | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Salford Junction (north) | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Salford Turnover Bridge | 1½ furlongs | |
| Aston Motorway Bridge | 1½ furlongs | |
| River Tame Aqueduct (Salford) | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Cuckoo Bridge | ||
| Cuckoo Wharf | ¾ furlongs | |
| Carter's Arm (closed) | 1½ furlongs | |
| Dowler's Arm (closed) | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Former Edge Tool Works Arm | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Holborn Hill Bridge | 3 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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![Cuckoo Road under snow - Aston, Birmingham. The dual carriageway of Cuckoo Road is carried over the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal by Cuckoo Bridge, built in 1996. The Canal was finally completed in 1789, after disputes with the contractor hired to complete the Fazeley section. Time taken 9.14 am GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).[[2877049]] [[3663999]] by Martin Richard Phelan – 12 January 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/66/39/3663985_0a72ba29_120x120.jpg)



![Birmingham & Fazeley Canal seen from Cuckoo Bridge, Aston. For the view from the opposite direction, see [[[7574568]]]. by A J Paxton – 13 July 2024](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/82/14/7821423_6b10c186_120x120.jpg)





![Lichfield Road towards M6, Aston. There is a right turn somewhere for Star City [[110717]].This image reference: 7512103 by Robin Stott – 29 May 2023](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/51/21/7512103_467c4f4a_120x120.jpg)

![Cuckoo Bridge under snow - Aston, Birmingham. Here at Cuckoo Bridge, built in 1996, Cuckoo Road crosses the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal. In the background is the Aston Expressway leading into Spaghetti Junction and it must now be left to the imagination what the boatmen of long ago might have made of such a structure and the hordes of horseless carriages speeding along it. Time taken 9.17 am GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).[[3663985]] by Martin Richard Phelan – 12 January 2010](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/66/39/3663999_a7e17803_120x120.jpg)

![Birmingham & Fazeley Canal from Cuckoo Bridge. View looking South-West towards Birmingham from Cuckoo Bridge [[1132682]] by Roy Hughes – 24 January 2009](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/13/27/1132701_de48573e_120x120.jpg)

![From Cuckoo Bridge - Aston, Birmingham. Taken in warmer weather than [[[2876957]]], the towpath where the horses used to haul is now used by walkers and cyclists and is part of NCN 535 from Birmingham to Sutton Coldfield with route maintenance and signing carried out by British Waterways and Sustrans Local Groups. What those boat crews of years ago would have made of motorways and their speeding traffic is anyone's guess. The towpath makes a good day's walking from Birmingham, with return transport by bus or train from Tamworth. Time taken 12.03 pm BST (British Summer Time).[[3663999]] by Martin Richard Phelan – 21 September 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/87/70/2877049_41ea3578_120x120.jpg)







