Towpath Bridge Over New Main Line at Junction with Netherton Tunnel Branch Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level Dudley Port is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. Towpath bridge.
Towpath Bridge Over New Main Line at Junction with Netherton Tunnel Branch Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level Dudley Port
- WRENN ID
- twisted-floor-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich MP: Sarah Coombes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Towpath bridge
- OS grid reference
- SO 971 915
- Coordinates
- 52.5222, -2.04288
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Towpath Bridge over the New Main Line at the junction with the Netherton Tunnel Branch of the Birmingham Canal is a mid-19th century structure. It is made of cast iron with brick abutments that feature some sandstone dressings. The bridge has a single shallow segmental arch, and its sides are a single casting designed with a lattice pattern of saltire crosses. The bridge is inscribed with the words "TOLL END WORKS." The Netherton Tunnel was opened in 1858.
Local climate
Towpath Bridge Over New Main Line at Junction with Netherton Tunnel Branch Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level Dudley Port receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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