M67 Road Bridge carries the road from Slough to Wakefield over the Peak Forest Canal (Lower) between Stockport and Exeter.
Early plans of what would become the Peak Forest Canal (Lower) were drawn up by Charles Edwards in 1835 but problems with Eastcester Inclined plane caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1782. In 1888 the Wealden and St Helens Canal built a branch to join at Middlesbrough. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Stoke-on-Trent never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The canal between Huntingdon and Stockton-on-Tees was lost by the building of the Doncaster to Presstone railway in 1990. "A Very Special Boat" by Thomas Parker describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Warwick Tunnel.

There is a bridge here which takes a motorway over the canal.
| Dukinfield Bridge No 2 | 1 mile, 2½ furlongs | |
| Dukinfield Hall Bridge No 3 | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| Warble Wharf | 5 furlongs | |
| Dunkirk Farm Bridge Winding Hole | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Dunkirk Farm Bridge No 4 | 3¼ furlongs | |
| M67 Road Bridge | ||
| Wilson Brook Aqueduct | ½ furlongs | |
| Canal Street Winding Hole | ¾ furlongs | |
| Hyde Bridge No 6 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Raglan Street Footbridge | 3½ furlongs | |
| Gower Hey Pipe Bridge | 5½ furlongs | |
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![Under the M67. The Peak Forest Canal passing under the M67 motorway.See the view from the opposite direction - [[1012604]]. by Gerald England – 20 October 2008](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/01/39/1013952_ee3825f8_120x120.jpg)


![Canal under motorway. The Peak Forest Canal passing under the M67 motorway. The lights are covered in cobwebs [[4229939]]. by Gerald England – 31 October 2014](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/22/99/4229923_a11d0288_120x120.jpg)









![Towpath access. Access to the towpath of the Peak Forest Canal from Nursery Road [[4585969]] is provided by a set of steps or a U-shaped path through the trees. Volunteers have recently improved the path by clearing weeds and filling potholes. Compare the view in 2009: [[1544233]]. by Gerald England – 20 July 2015](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/58/59/4585993_f3e564da_120x120.jpg)

![Peak Forest Canal. The Peak Forest Canal here turns North under the M67 motorway. On the left are new houses built on the site of the former Automasters Engineering Works. The sluice is clogged up with algae. Compare with the same scene in January 2008 [[1117802]]. by Gerald England – 09 September 2010](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/06/29/2062920_3995ef77_120x120.jpg)




![Heron by the Peak Forest Canal. Just north of the M67 [[4472610]]. by Gerald England – 08 May 2015](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/47/26/4472621_7b2c9a2a_120x120.jpg)



![Notice on Wellington Street. Notice attached to a remnant of wall at the bottom end of Wellington Street [[2786183]]. It reads](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/78/62/2786214_112f5b9f_120x120.jpg)
![The bottom of Wellington Street. At the bottom end of Wellington Street. Over the fence are new houses [[2356881]] on the Moorside Place development. The land formerly belonged to the Automasters Engineering Works. A notice [[2786214]] on the remnant of the wall in front of the fence warns that only Wellington Street itself is open to the public. Pitt Field cottages [[1013959]] are out of sight on the left. A footpath round the back of the fence leads between the M67 motorway and the new estate/former works to the towpath of the Peak Forest Canal. by Gerald England – 30 January 2012](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/78/61/2786183_41d344b6_120x120.jpg)
![The Ennerdale. Residential property under construction on the Moorside Place development. Over the fence is Pitfield Cottages [[1013959]] on Wellington Street built in 1869. by Gerald England – 10 April 2011](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/35/68/2356881_446ee850_120x120.jpg)


