M5 Striding over the canal

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M5 Striding over the canal.
160408-111951 – SP 00172 89720 – BCN-OML 07.600

I wonder how many people driving along the M5 Motorway overhead realise the Old Main Line of the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) is underneath.

The modern motorway bridge has a forest of piers placed carefully around the canal so there’s no restriction to navigation.

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