Rotton Park Junction Bridge
Rotton Park Junction Bridge carries the M1 motorway over the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Soho Loop).
Early plans of what would become the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Soho Loop) were drawn up by Thomas Taylor in 1782 but problems with Sheffield Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1816. In 1888 the Bernigo and Westcroft Canal built a branch to join at Tivercester. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Newbury were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only the carriage of manure from Pembroke to Sevenoaks prevented closure. According to Cecil Yates's "Haunted Waterways" Youtube channel, Wesshampton Tunnel is haunted by the ghost of Oliver Hunter, a navvy, who drowned in the canal one winter night.

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
| Site of Brookfields Wharf and Basins | 3 furlongs | |
| Spring Hill Pipe Bridge | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Spring Hill Bridge | 1½ furlongs | |
| Entrance to Spring Hill Wharf | ½ furlongs | |
| Rotton Park Railway Bridge | a few yards | |
| Rotton Park Junction Bridge | ||
| Rotton Park Junction | a few yards | |
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![The Soho Loop - Rotton Park, Birmingham. Here is the second loop in the Rotton Park area, this being another bypassed stretch of the Birmingham Canal Old Main Line when Thomas Telford's Birmingham Canal New Main Line was opened, taking seven miles off the total distance of the former. This Loop was once the waterborne access to Soho Wharf, where stood the long-vanished Soho Manufactory. This, opened in 1761 by Matthew Boulton, was a factory where metalware, buckles, coins and buttons were produced - it was demolished during the 19th century. In much more recent times, the Time Team television series were here to excavate the site and found remains of the building buried beneath the gardens of private homes. Time photo taken 1.54 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).[[4878139]] by Martin Richard Phelan – 15 November 2012](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/87/80/4878037_07b51106_120x120.jpg)






![The Soho Loop again - Rotton Park, Birmingham. Here is the second loop in the Rotton Park area, this being another bypassed stretch of the Birmingham Canal Old Main Line when Thomas Telford's Birmingham Canal New Main Line was opened, taking seven miles off the total distance of the former. This Loop was once the waterborne access to Soho Wharf, where stood the long-vanished Soho Manufactory. This, opened in 1761 by Matthew Boulton, was a factory where metalware, buckles, coins and buttons were produced - it was demolished during the 19th century. In much more recent times, the Time Team television series were here to excavate the site and found remains of the building buried beneath the gardens of private homes. Time photo taken 2.00 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).[[4878037]] by Martin Richard Phelan – 14 November 2012](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/87/81/4878139_fd05897c_120x120.jpg)



![It points the way - Rotton Park, Birmingham. This canalside signpost points the way on the route of the Birmingham Canal Old Main Line. To the left to the Soho Loop and the site of the Soho Wharf and to the right to the Icknield Port Loop, at the time of the photo a feeder from the Edgbaston Reservoir and waterborne access to the British Waterways yard at, as its name suggests, Icknield Port. Time photo taken 2.27 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).[[4878801]] by Martin Richard Phelan – 15 November 2012](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/87/81/4878195_5183fc99_120x120.jpg)





![Rotton Park Junction 2 - Birmingham. A view of Rotton Park Junction taken from Lea Bridge. On the skyline are traces of the city of Birmingham. Much closer at hand on the left the Soho Loop, a part of the Birmingham Old Main Line Canal, engineer James Brindley and which was authorised in 1768 and completed in 1772. This was used as a route to Soho Wharf and the long-vanished Soho Manufactory. This was a factory, which was opened in 1761 by Matthew Boulton, which produced items such as metalware, buttons, coins and buckles. It was demolished at some time during the 19th century. In more recent years, a Time Team dig uncovered many remains, now covered by local gardens. On the right the entrance to the Icknield Port Loop, which is now a feeder from Edgbaston Reservoir and a route by water to a British Waterways yard. Sources:Canal and River Trust, Wikipedia. Time photo taken 2.41 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).[[4877433]] by Martin Richard Phelan – 14 November 2012](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/87/75/4877599_788b07e5_120x120.jpg)



![Looking after the cut again - Rotton Park, Birmingham. On the other side of Lea Bridge on the Birmingham New Main Line Canal a British Waterways crew and vessel with digger on board, heading for Icknield Port. Time photo taken 2.36 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).[[4877604]] by Martin Richard Phelan – 15 November 2012](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/87/76/4877607_e209ccd7_120x120.jpg)





![Rotton Park Junction 1 - Birmingham. This junction was the result of Telford's work in creating the Birmingham New Main Line Canal to shorten the distance taken by Brindley's original work, now known as the Old Main Line. The loop on the left is the Icknield Port Loop, which is now a feeder from Edgbaston Reservoir. The loop on the right is the Soho Loop, to Soho Wharf and once serving the now-vanished Soho Manufactory. This was a factory, opened in 1761 by Matthew Boulton, which produced items such as metalware, buttons, coins and buckles. It was demolished at some time during the 19th century. In more recent years, a Time Team television series dig uncovered many remains, now covered by local gardens. Sources: Canal and River Trust, Wikipedia. Time photo taken 1.58 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).[[4877599]] by Martin Richard Phelan – 14 November 2012](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/87/74/4877433_72ceaf30_120x120.jpg)