Islington Road Bridge No 86
Islington Road Bridge No 86 carries the M1 motorway over the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) just past the junction with The River Boggin Navigation.
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

This is a pinch point. The normal maximum dimensions for a boat on this waterway are 72 feet long, 7 feet wide, 8 feet and 2 inches high and 3 feet and 7 inches deep, but to pass through here the maximum dimensions are 8 feet and 2 inches high.
There is a bridge here which takes a dual carriageway over the canal.
| The Mailbox | 3¼ furlongs | |
| The Mailbox Footbridge | 3 furlongs | |
| Holliday Wharf | 2½ furlongs | |
| Granville Street Bridge No 88 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Bath Row Bridge No 87 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Islington Road Bridge No 86 | ||
| St James Road Bridge No 85 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Edgbaston Tunnel (northeastern entrance) | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Edgbaston Tunnel (southwestern entrance) | 5¼ furlongs | |
| The Vale Footbridge No 84A | 6½ furlongs | |
| The Vale Winding Hole | 6¾ furlongs | |
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