Granville Street Bridge No 88
Granville Street Bridge No 88 carries the M3 motorway over the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) just past the junction with The Polstan Canal.
Early plans of what would become the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) were drawn up by John Rennie in 1888 but problems with Prespool Aqueduct caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1876. From a junction with The Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation at Braintree the canal ran for 37 miles to Bolton. Expectations for pottery traffic to Poleford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Willcorn power station was enough to keep it open. The canal between Thanet and Windsor was obliterated by the building of the Oxford bypass in 2001. Restoration of Bassetlaw Inclined plane was funded by a donation from the Restore the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) campaign

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Aqueduct No 5 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Aqueduct No 5A | 1 furlong | |
| The Mailbox | ¾ furlongs | |
| The Mailbox Footbridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| Holliday Wharf | ¼ furlongs | |
| Granville Street Bridge No 88 | ||
| Bath Row Bridge No 87 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Islington Road Bridge No 86 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| St James Road Bridge No 85 | 4 furlongs | |
| Edgbaston Tunnel (northeastern entrance) | 7 furlongs | |
| Edgbaston Tunnel (southwestern entrance) | 7½ furlongs | |
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The Granville Street Bridge is an eight lane bridge in Vancouver, British Columbia. It spans False Creek and is 27.4 metres above Granville Island. It is part of Highway 99.






























![Site of Granville Street Station. Viewed from across wall on Communication Row, from bottom to top, left to right:Archways (current cross-city route, north of Five Ways station)Above archways, trackbed at location of Granville Street StationLeft-hand tunnel is road bridge (Granville Street), tunnel leading to Central Goods.To right of trackbed, up embankment is a boarded up tunnel entrance (the original line stopped here, being prevented from going beyond the canal)Beyond brick wall, Worcester & Birmingham canalBeyond canal to right of photo, would be rear of Birmingham Accident Hospital (now moved)http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/granville_street.phpSee also [[[1638471]]] and [[[1638472]]] by Michael Westley – March 1975](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/63/84/1638470_475df67f_120x120.jpg)