Bristol Road Bridge No 80 carries a footpath over the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) five kilometres from Presington.
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 major road over the canal.
| Ariel Aqueduct | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Selly Oak Railway Bridge No 81 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Selly Oak Pipe Bridge | 1 furlong | |
| Selly Oak Junction | ½ furlongs | |
| New Selly Oak Junction | a few yards | |
| Bristol Road Bridge No 80 | ||
| Selly Oak Winding Hole | 1½ furlongs | |
| Entrance to Works Basin (infilled) | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Selly Oak Enamel Works Basin | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Selly Oak Railway Bridge No 79 | 3 furlongs | |
| The Country Girl PH | 4 furlongs | |
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![Bridge No 80 near Selly Oak, Birmingham. Here, the Bristol Road (A38) crosses the Worcester and Birmingham Canal.Good moorings are available south of the bridge, within walking distance of a supermarket and shops. It appears some tree and shrub clearance has been done on the left since 2008. [[1729415]] by Roger D Kidd – 25 August 2010](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/28/45/2284519_4ecf8be7_120x120.jpg)












![Worcester and Birmingham Canal. Looking NNW along the canal from bridge No. 80, Bristol Road.Compare with [[1280770]] taken when the weather was not unseasonably cold and snowy. by David P Howard – 27 March 2013](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/38/65/3386506_21ebccb2_120x120.jpg)














