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Completed: Contractors have repaired the bridge and navigation is back open again.
Type: Navigation Closure
Waterway(s): North Stratford Canal
From: 27 August 2025, 2:28pm
To: 28 August 2025, 3:02pm inclusive
Region: West Midlands
Reason: Suspected Vandalism
Subject to review on: 28 August 2025
| Closest waterway | North Stratford Canal |
| Starts at | Bridge 8, Shirley Drawbridge |
| Ends at | Bridge 8, Shirley Drawbridge |
| Upstream winding hole | Kings Norton Junction |
| Downstream winding hole | Rotherham's Oak Bridge |
Navigation at Shirley Drawbridge is currently closed after a vehicle struck the barriers. Our contractors have been contacted, and we will provide an update as soon as we receive a confirmed timeframe for repairs.
In the meantime, our local team will attend site at 9:00am and 3:00pm tomorrow (28/08/2025) to manually assist boats through the bridge.
We will share a further update as soon as more information becomes available.
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