Roving Bridge (Number 110) Over Entrance to Grand Union (Birmingham and Warwick Junction) Canal at Salford Junction is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Bridge.
Roving Bridge (Number 110) Over Entrance to Grand Union (Birmingham and Warwick Junction) Canal at Salford Junction
- WRENN ID
- woven-ledge-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Erdington MP: Paulette Hamilton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Roving Bridge (Number 110) Over Entrance to Grand Union (Birmingham and Warwick Junction) Canal at Salford Junction, Tyburn Road B24
- OS grid reference
- SP 096 900
- Coordinates
- 52.50839, -1.85892
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Roving Bridge (Number 110) is a cast iron bridge built around 1844, located over the entrance to the Grand Union Canal at Salford Junction in Aston, Birmingham. This bridge, of the Horseley Ironworks type, features a slight camber and is constructed from two single castings. It has plain, pierced parapets and bolted cast deck panels. The abutments are made of brick and stone dressed, while the ramped approaches have been rebuilt. This section of the Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal was opened in 1844.
Local climate
Roving Bridge (Number 110) Over Entrance to Grand Union (Birmingham and Warwick Junction) Canal at Salford 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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