Galton Bridge Including Attached Railway Bridge Span, Roebuck Lane Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level

Galton Bridge, located on Roebuck Lane over the New Main Line of the Birmingham Canal, is a road bridge that has been converted into a footbridge. It was designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1829. The bridge features cast iron construction with brick abutments that include some sandstone dressings. It has a single segmental arch with a span of 150 feet, which carries the road across the Smethwick cutting. The arch is formed by girders that are pierced in a lattice pattern, with lattice bracing visible in the spandrels. The words "Horsley Iron Works 1829" are cast in four locations on the bridge, and "Galton Bridge" is cast above the center on each side. The cast iron railings end at stone piers that display Gothic blind tracery. The bridge is named after Samuel Tertius Galton, a member of the Birmingham Canal Navigation committee. Additionally, there is a later 19th-century section over the railway to the southwest, which has similar brick and stone abutments, with the northeastern side continuing from the earlier section. This section features a single rounded brick arch, complete with cast iron railings and lamps.