It crosses the Old Main Line of the Birmingham Canal Navigations in Smethwick, in the West Midlands, England; it was part of John Smeaton's improvements to the canal system at its highest point in the area.

[2] Summit Bridge was built in 1788–79, as part of a project carried out by John Smeaton to deal with the water shortages at the summit level, and to deal with traffic congestion by reducing the number of locks along the canal.

Summit Bridge was built to carry Roebuck Lane across the cutting.

On the north-west face there is a cast-iron plaque bearing the date "MDCCXC" (1790).

[1] A short distance to the south, Galton Bridge carries Roebuck Lane over the New Main Line, the adjacent canal built by Thomas Telford in the 1820s.