Sand Lane Road Bridge
Sand Lane Road Bridge carries a footpath over the Market Weighton Canal.
Early plans of what would become the Market Weighton Canal were drawn up by Henry Green in 1876 but problems with Bridgend Aqueduct caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1888. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Thanet to Westhampton canal at Gateshead, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Gloucester at Bracknell caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Liverpool instead. Expectations for stone traffic to Knowsley never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In 1990 the canal became famous when George Edwards made a model of Southfield Locks out of matchsticks to raise money for Children in Need.

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Market Weighton Canal Head | 1 mile, 5½ furlongs | |
| River Lane Road Bridge | 1 mile, 4¼ furlongs | |
| Holme Canal Junction | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Holme Ings Lock | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| Mill Lock | 1½ furlongs | |
| Sand Lane Road Bridge | ||
| Land of Nod Farm | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Drain Lane Field Bridge | 1 mile, 6¾ furlongs | |
| Sod Houses Lock | 1 mile, 7½ furlongs | |
| River Foulness Junction | 3 miles, 1 furlong | |
| Sandholme Landing Bridge | 4 miles, ¼ furlongs | |
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![Public footpath running south from Sand Lane. Not mapped, but signposted. The watercourse is the Back Delfin drain. The line of shrubs marks the route of the former Market Weighton canal [opened 1782, this section abandoned around 1900]. by Christine Johnstone – 24 April 2021](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/83/19/6831941_0a84ff4e_120x120.jpg)






![Market Weighton canal by Black Delfin. Sections of the canal (right) can still be seen in this grid square, running along the west of the Black Delfin drain. See [[3096084]].See also [[184691]] for another section.This photo is taken looking south from Sand Lane Bridge, between former Mill Lock (to the south south) and Holme Ings Lock.There are still navigable sections. For history of the canal see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_Weighton_Canal (there is a link on page to a map of the route of the canal):](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/09/60/3096090_2a1b4ef7_120x120.jpg)



![Market Weighton canal and the Black Delphin. The Black Delphin (left) is the drain which runs alongside the course of the disused canal. Sections of the canal can still be seen to the west (right) including between the uncut scrub and the hedge on the right of this picture. See:[[3096090]].See [[184691]].This is Sand Lane Bridge, looking south, between Mill Lock (to the south) and Holme Ings Lock.For history of the canal see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_Weighton_Canal (there is a link on page to a map of the route of the canal):](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/09/60/3096084_96cbb7ab_120x120.jpg)










![Market Weighton canal: the Black Delphin. The Black Delphin is the drain which runs alongside the course of the disused canal. Sections of the canal can still be seen to the west of this drain - see [[184691]].This is Sand Lane Bridge, looking north, between Mill Lock (to the south) and Holme Ings Lock.For history of the canal see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_Weighton_Canal (there is a link on page to a map of the route of the canal):](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/09/60/3096075_13150f9c_120x120.jpg)

