New Cross Bridge carries the road from Sunderland to Stroud over the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Wyrley and Essington Canal) half a mile from Southend.
The Act of Parliament for the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Wyrley and Essington Canal) was passed on January 1 1888 and 37 thousand shares were sold the same day. Expectations for manure traffic to Torquay never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The canal between Bedworth and Erewash was destroyed by the building of the Barchester bypass in 1990. In his autobiography Arthur Green writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
| The Jolly Collier PH | 4½ furlongs | |
| Deans Bridge | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Heath Town Railway Bridge (disused) | 3½ furlongs | |
| Heath Town Bridge | 3 furlongs | |
| New Bentley Bridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| New Cross Bridge | ||
| Wednesfield Junction | ½ furlongs | |
| Wednesfield Junction Toll Stop | ¾ furlongs | |
| Rookery Bridge | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Pyle Cock Inn | 3½ furlongs | |
| Graiseley Lane Footbridge | 3¾ 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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![The Bentley Canal footbridge. A towpath bridge over the remaining very short stretch of what was originally the Bentley Canal branch, which led from the Wyrley and Essington cut through Willenhall towards Bentley Bridge, where it joined the Walsall Canal at Anson, as seen in [[438317]]. The bridge itself will date from around 1843, the date at which the main line was opened, and was Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101201908-footbridge-over-west-end-of-bentley-canal-wednesfield-south-ward#.W3Uao-hKhPY in 1992. by Richard Law – 19 July 2018](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/87/47/5874723_c0c3dd08_120x120.jpg)


