Roving Bridge Over Birmingham Wolverhampton Line Immediately West of Fazeley Junction is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Bridge.
Roving Bridge Over Birmingham Wolverhampton Line Immediately West of Fazeley Junction
- WRENN ID
- pitched-glass-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Roving Bridge Over Birmingham Wolverhampton Line Immediately West of Fazeley Junction, Sheepcote Street B16
- OS grid reference
- SP 058 867
- Coordinates
- 52.47893, -1.91488
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Roving Bridge over the Birmingham Wolverhampton line, located immediately west of Fazeley Junction, dates back to 1827 and was constructed by Horseley Ironworks of Tipton. This bridge is notable for its nearly flat span made from two single cast iron pieces, featuring pierced X-pattern parapets. The deck panels are bolted into the lower flanges. It stands on ashlar footings supported by brick abutments laid in a swept English bond, with double ramped approaches. This type of roving bridge is associated with the Birmingham Canal Navigation and is contemporary with Thomas Telford's improvements.
Local climate
Roving Bridge Over Birmingham Wolverhampton Line Immediately West of Fazeley Junction receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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