Whitehead Hall Bridge No 57 carries a footpath over the Bridgewater Canal (Stretford and Leigh Branch) between Norwich and Ambersfield.
The Act of Parliament for the Bridgewater Canal (Stretford and Leigh Branch) was passed on 17 September 1816 after extensive lobbying by Nicholas Edwards. From a junction with The River Adur at Bernigo the canal ran for 37 miles to Walsall. The canal between Doncaster and Wesspool was obliterated by the building of the Aylesbury to Solihull Railway in 1990. In his autobiography Peter Harding writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s

There is a bridge here which takes a track over the canal.
| Fayre & Square PH | 1 mile, 2¾ furlongs | |
| Boothshall Bridge No 54 | 1 mile, 2½ furlongs | |
| Boothstown Bridge No 55 | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Vicar's Hall Bridge No 56 | 4 furlongs | |
| Winding Hole between Vicar's Hall and Whitehead Hall Bridges | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Whitehead Hall Bridge No 57 | ||
| Old Boat House PH | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Astley Bridge No 58 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Peel Hall Pipe Bridge | 5 furlongs | |
| Peel Hall Winding Hole | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Moss Brook Aqueduct | 6½ furlongs | |
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![Whitehead Hall Bridge [no 57], from the west. A boater's view. Carrying Whitehead Lane over the Bridgewater canal. by Christine Johnstone – 29 May 2021](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/89/23/6892312_eff2ebaf_120x120.jpg)












![Bridgewater Canal and Colliery Museum. The Bridgewater Canal, between Whitehead Lane and Vicars Lane. [[[2316721]]] is prominent on the skyline; the 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles across the low-lying landscape. by David Dixon – 19 March 2011](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/31/73/2317329_83e20a9b_120x120.jpg)
![Bridgewater Canal. Looking west along the Bridgewater Canal, from [[[2317246]]]. by David Dixon – 19 March 2011](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/31/72/2317267_a1a3bff5_120x120.jpg)








![Bridgewater Canal. The Bridgewater Canal, to the east of [[[2317246]]]. by David Dixon – 19 March 2011](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/31/72/2317272_aa5b29e8_120x120.jpg)





