Walton Bridge No 104

Walton Bridge No. 104 is a canal bridge built in the early to mid-19th century for the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. The bridge is constructed of random bond brick, with sandstone copings, engineering brick, and concrete.

This single-span bridge features a wide, shallow elliptical arch that spans the canal and towpath. It has a plain parapet topped with blue brick coping. On both the west and east faces, there are oval cast-iron plaques displaying the name and number of the bridge. The south abutments end in square piers that are stone-coped, and there are straight retaining walls at right angles to the north end of the bridge, which also finish in square-section brick piers.

The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal is one of the earliest canals in England, constructed under an Act of 1766 and fully opened for traffic in 1772. Designed by James Brindley, it stretches 46½ miles from Great Haywood, where it connects with the Trent & Mersey Canal, to Stourport, where it meets the River Severn. The canal is part of Brindley's ambitious 'Grand Cross' project, which aimed to link the Rivers Trent, Mersey, Thames, and Severn, and Walton Bridge is believed to be a later addition dating from the early to mid-19th century.