The original viaduct was a wooden structure erected in 1850 to carry the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway over Parkhead Locks on the Dudley Canal, near to the southern mouth of the Dudley Tunnel.

The current brick viaduct was built in 1880 and it is believed that the original wooden structure is still encased within its successor.

[1] Use of the viaduct had fallen by the late 1960s due to the closure of passenger stations on the route, but the line remained open until 19 March 1993, when the section of the railway between Walsall and Brierley Hill was closed.

The structure of the viaduct remained intact after the railway’s closure but fell into disrepair and required major strengthening and refurbishment to carry the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill extension of the West Midlands Metro tram network.

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