Brighton Road railway bridge

[mikejee]

Brighton Road bridge from a Facebook page devoted to unidentified photos

 

[Morturn]

Mike, would that be the station platform on the right?

 

[mikejee]

Yes. Judging by the map, the platform went right up to Brighton Road

 

[Pedrocut]

Brighton Road Bridge from 1923 and The lost railways of Birmingham by Kieth Turner.

 

[Pedrocut]

A better picture of the bridge.
Brighton Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham from Birmingham City Council Surveyor's Department Photographed in 1923.
L.M.S. Railway Bridge on Brighton Road.
(Birmingham Archives and Collections)

 

[mikejee]

The earlier bridge was later replaced by a metal bridge

This bridge was later replaced by a metal bridge

 

[Pedrocut]

The construction of the metal bridge in 1929…

Brighton Road Railway Bridge, Balsall Heath. Photograph taken 18 September 1929.
(Birmingham Archives and Collections)

 

[Retro kid]

Here is a colourized print of one the trains at Brighton road station. i understand they are looking into building another round there.