University Bridge No 82 carries the M62 motorway over the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) just past the junction with The River Foss.
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 minor road over the canal.
| The Vale Footbridge No 84A | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
| The Vale Winding Hole | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Edgbaston Bridge No 84 | 5 furlongs | |
| Pritchetts Road Bridge No 83 | 2½ furlongs | |
| University Station Footbridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| University Bridge No 82 | ||
| University Footbridge No 81A | a few yards | |
| Birmingham University | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Bournbrook Aqueduct No 4B | 2 furlongs | |
| Ariel Aqueduct | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Selly Oak Railway Bridge No 81 | 3½ furlongs | |
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- University Bridge (St. Cloud), Minnesota, United States of America
- University Heights Bridge, crosses the Harlem River, connecting West 207th Street in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan to West Fordham Road in the University Heights section of the Bronx
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![University railway station, Birmingham, 2010. Opened in 1978 by British Rail on the former Midland Railway's Birmingham West Suburban line from Birmingham New Street to Bromsgrove. The railway line was electrified in 1993.View south west towards Selly Oak and Bromsgrove. The station was later rebuilt and expanded. See [[7564376]] for a 2023 view in the same direction from around 50 metres behind this camera position. by Nigel Thompson – 26 November 2010](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/96/36/3963659_afbae255_120x120.jpg)





