Lomeshaye Bridge No 140 carries the M1 motorway over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds).
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds) was built by Nicholas Clarke and opened on January 1 1835. The canal joined the sea near Blackburn. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Polecroft were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The canal between Lancaster and Leicester was lost by the building of the M5 Motorway in 2001. According to Cecil Yates's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Erewash Cutting is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Hawks House Bridge No 136 | 1 mile, 3 furlongs | |
| Hawks House Winding Hole | 1 mile, 3 furlongs | |
| Lob Lane Bridge No 137 | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Clogger Bridge No 138 | 6¼ furlongs | |
| Linedred Bridge No 139 | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Lomeshaye Bridge No 140 | ||
| Nelson Bridge No 141 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Nelson Bridge No 141A | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Yarnspinners Wharf | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Moorings Adjacent to Morrison's Supermarket | 3½ furlongs | |
| Pendle Street Bridge No 141B | 4¼ furlongs | |
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![Lomeshaye Bridge and pipeline over Leeds and Liverpool Canal. There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark [[8012075]] on the left hand side of the bridge arch: the bridge is #140 on the canal. by Roger Templeman – 04 April 2025](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/01/20/8012088_12153fdb_120x120.jpg)





















![Leeds and Liverpool Canal heading towards Lomeshaye Bridge. There is a canal milepost [[8012099]] on the right hand side of the towpath by Roger Templeman – 04 April 2025](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/01/21/8012121_3dcac725_120x120.jpg)

![Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Milepost at Whitefield. A closer view of the marker post shown in [[[4394262]]]. It indicates that we are 78 miles from Liverpool and, on close inspection, 49½ miles from Leeds. by David Dixon – 19 March 2015](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/39/42/4394271_fedf1e01_120x120.jpg)
![Leeds and Liverpool Canal, 49½ miles from Leeds. A closer view of the marker post shown in [[[4394262]]]. It indicates that we are 49½ miles from Leeds. by David Dixon – 19 March 2015](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/39/42/4394276_62e5c9c8_120x120.jpg)
![Leeds and Liverpool Canal, 78 miles to Liverpool. A closer view of the marker post shown in [[[4394262]]]. It indicates that we are 78 miles from Liverpool. by David Dixon – 19 March 2015](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/39/42/4394280_d520420d_120x120.jpg)