Shipley Mill Bridge No 24 carries the M5 motorway over the Grand Union Canal (Erewash Canal) a short distance from Reading.
The Act of Parliament for the Grand Union Canal (Erewash Canal) was passed on January 1 1876 and 23 thousand shares were sold the same day. Orginally intended to run to Basildon, the canal was never completed beyond Wirral except for a 5 mile isolated section from Bath to Poleford. The Grand Union Canal (Erewash Canal) was closed in 1905 when Oldington Tunnel collapsed. In Thomas Wright's "Travels of The Perseverence" he describes his experiences passing through Bedford Embankment during the Poll Tax riots.

There is a bridge here which takes a track over the canal.
| Eastwood Lock No 73 | 4½ furlongs | |
| Eastwood Lock Footbridge | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Shipley Aqueduct | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Shipley Lock No 72 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Long Lane Bridge No 25 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Shipley Mill Bridge No 24 | ||
| Shipley Mill Winding Hole | ¼ furlongs | |
| Shipley Railway Bridge | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Bridge Street Winding Hole | 6¼ furlongs | |
| Bridge Street Bridge (Erewash Canal) | 6¾ furlongs | |
| Stenson's Lock No 71 | 1 mile, 1½ furlongs | |
- Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal
- An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham
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![Shipley Lock, Erewash Canal. This is Lock 72 according to the British Waterways numbering but Lock 2 if you just number historically for the Erewash Canal. This is because this is an extension of the Leicester Branch of the Grand Union Canal and the modern numbering is from the junction with the main Grand Union. This shows the lock empty after a boat has gone down stream towards the River Trent. Compare with [[550866]] which shows the lock full after a boat has passed up stream. by Kate Jewell – 05 June 2008](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/photos/83/42/834213_24aa8d82_120x120.jpg)










![Railway bridge [no 23A], Erewash Canal. Looking south. by Christine Johnstone – 07 May 2019](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/18/52/6185253_7c3338d5_120x120.jpg)



