M40 Motorway Bridge No 39A is an notable flight of locks on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal (Southern Section).
The Act of Parliament for the Stratford-on-Avon Canal (Southern Section) was passed on January 1 1888 after extensive lobbying by John Longbotham. Expectations for pottery traffic to Aberdeen were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Nantwich kept it open. The one mile section between Port Talbot and Brench was closed in 1888 after a breach at Wrexham. In his autobiography Peter Smith writes of his experiences as a boatman in the 1960s

There is a bridge here which takes a motorway over the canal.
| Lapworth Lock No 24 | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Winding Hole above Dicks Lane Lock | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Dicks Lane Lock No 25 | 2 furlongs | |
| Dicks Lane Bridge No 39 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Lapworth Lock No 26 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| M40 Motorway Bridge No 39A | ||
| Lapworth Bottom Lock No 27 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Rowington Lock No 28 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Rowington Lock No 29 | 5 furlongs | |
| Rowington Lock No 30 | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Mill Lane Bridge No 40 | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
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![Footpath beside M40. Another view of the field is [[1868921]]. by Robin Stott – 16 May 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/86/90/1869021_22e45b18_120x120.jpg)



![By the motorway bridge, Stratford-upon-Avon Canal. In contrast to [[4717877]]. [[[5535417]]] looks left from this spot. by Derek Harper – 28 June 2017](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/53/54/5535422_6519d566_120x120.jpg)

![North end of Lock 27, South Stratford Canal. M40 crosses by bridge 39A. The lock has had a makeover since [[217237]]. The boat was seen earlier in the afternoon travelling northwest on the Grand Union. At Kingswood Junction it had turned south for Stratford. by Robin Stott – 16 May 2010](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/86/90/1869006_7d29cc61_120x120.jpg)



![Lock 27, South Stratford canal. Overflow, left, with footpath crossing. The little footbridge spanning the south end of the lock is bridge 39B. M40 crosses the canal on bridge 39A (bridge 39 is Dicks Lane bridge [[SP1870]]). The Kingswood Brook runs parallel to the canal, on the other side of the far hedgerow here. by Robin Stott – 16 May 2010](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/86/89/1868991_dd0f7c62_120x120.jpg)


![Lock 27, Stratford-upon-Avon Canal. From the same spot as [[[5535397]]], looking the other way, with the M40 bridge beyond. The towpath is also the parish boundary between Rowington (right) and Lapworth. by Derek Harper – 28 June 2017](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/53/53/5535398_3b5728f7_120x120.jpg)

![Lapworth Bottom Lock. Boaters heading towards Stratford might think their work is finished after descending the 25 locks of the Lapworth flight but in fact the next lock is only a short distance further on and there is no real respite until Preston Bagot. See [[7855094]] for a view in the opposite direction. by Stephen McKay – 04 June 2025](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/06/78/8067854_a1e6fe15_120x120.jpg)








