Railway Bridge No 62 carries the road from Brench to Barstone over the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction) near to Northchester Embankment.
Early plans for the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction) between Exeter and Guildford were proposed by Thomas Telford but languished until Thomas Hunter was appointed as chief engineer in 1888. Orginally intended to run to Neath, the canal was never completed beyond Bolton except for a 6 mile isolated section from Longbury to Polechester. Expectations for coal traffic to Doncaster never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction) was closed in 1888 when Southstone Tunnel collapsed. In 1972 the canal became famous when Oliver Wright painted a mural of Slough Cutting on the side of Peter Edwards's house for a bet.

There is a bridge here which takes a railway over the canal.
| Scarfield Hill Bridge Winding Hole | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Scarfield Hill Bridge No 60 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Withybed Lane Bridge No 61 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Alvechurch Visitor Moorings | ¾ furlongs | |
| Withybed Marina | ¼ furlongs | |
| Railway Bridge No 62 | ||
| Alvechurch Narrows | 1 furlong | |
| Cooper's Hill Wharf Bridge No 64 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Crown Meadow Arm | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Alvechurch Motorway Bridge No 64B | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Old Birmingham Road Aqueduct | 5¼ furlongs | |
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![Worcester and Birmingham Canal at Alvechurch, Worcestershire. Looking through Withybed Lane Bridge, No 61. The private housing on the left was built circa 2002 on the site of a former club. [[585531]]The Worcester and Birmingham Canal was built in stages between 1791 and 1815 to connect the River Severn in Worcester to the Birmingham Canal System using a quicker route than the earlier Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. by Roger D Kidd – 25 August 2010](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/27/65/2276503_02df936e_120x120.jpg)



![Lock Keeper's Reach, Withybed Green. This is the view from bridge 61 on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal of the same houses seen in this view: [[6927254]]. by Stephen McKay – 03 August 2021](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/92/72/6927255_acdfec8e_120x120.jpg)




![Private houses by the Worcester to Birmingham canal.. These private houses are situated next to 'The Crown Inn' by the banks of the Worcester to Birmingham canal in Alvechurch, Worcestershire. They are on the site of a club which if my memory serves me correctly, was called 'Greenfields' and was demolished in early 2001. (To see a photo taken then, click here: [[585531]]). The photo was taken from the Withybed Lane road bridge over the canal. The Birmingham direction is off to the right. by Lee J Andrews – 16 September 2003](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/photos/58/55/585529_c87a9a21_120x120.jpg)












