Edgbaston Bridge No 84 carries the road from Bury to Tivercroft over the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) just past the junction with The Chichester Canal.
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

Mooring here is ok (a perfectly adequate mooring). Mooring room for only one boat, just below bridge. (No TV Signal available).
There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| St James Road Bridge No 85 | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| Edgbaston Tunnel (northeastern entrance) | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Edgbaston Tunnel (southwestern entrance) | 5¼ furlongs | |
| The Vale Footbridge No 84A | 3¾ furlongs | |
| The Vale Winding Hole | 3½ furlongs | |
| Edgbaston Bridge No 84 | ||
| Pritchetts Road Bridge No 83 | 2½ furlongs | |
| University Station Footbridge | 4 furlongs | |
| University Bridge No 82 | 5 furlongs | |
| University Footbridge No 81A | 5 furlongs | |
| Birmingham University | 6¾ furlongs | |
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![Railway and Canal near Edgbaston, Birmingham. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal runs alongside the railway which brings trains in to Birmingham from Redditch and Worcester. This Class 323 locomotive is on the Cross City Line to Lichfield (Trent Valley) via Birmingham, and was less than three minutes behind the previous train.[[[2291206]]] by Roger D Kidd – 25 August 2010](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/29/12/2291230_ce50cd91_120x120.jpg)

![Railway & Canal looking southwest from Somerset Road, Edgbaston. The Worcester & Birmingham Canal was built across the Calthorpe Estate in Edgbaston in 1791 ([[7129543]]); it was followed in 1876 by the Birmingham West Suburban Railway, today the Cross City Line, which runs alongside it for several miles (see Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-City_Line ). by A J Paxton – 09 August 2025](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/12/09/8120938_8e10110f_120x120.jpg)
