South Field Bridge No 159 carries a farm track over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds) just past the junction with The Melton Mowbray Navigation.
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds) was built by Nicholas Clarke and opened on January 1 1835. The canal joined the sea near Blackburn. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Polecroft were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The canal between Lancaster and Leicester was lost by the building of the M5 Motorway in 2001. According to Cecil Yates's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Erewash Cutting is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Greenberfield Middle Lock Footbridge | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
| Greenberfield Bottom Lock No 42 | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Greenberfield Bottom Lock Footbridge | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Greenberfield Changeline Bridge No 158 | 6¼ furlongs | |
| Nuttercote Winding Hole | 4 furlongs | |
| South Field Bridge No 159 | ||
| South Field Bridge Winding Hole | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Old Hall Bridge No 160 | 1 mile, 2½ furlongs | |
| Double Arched Bridge No 161 | 1 mile, 4 furlongs | |
| East Marton Visitor Moorings | 1 mile, 5 furlongs | |
| Williamson Bridge No 162 | 1 mile, 5¼ furlongs | |
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![Leeds and Liverpool Canal approaching South Field Bridge (#159). There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark [[7894779]] on the bridge wall above and left of the no fishing post by Roger Templeman – 04 October 2024](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/89/52/7895254_18a499b0_120x120.jpg)



![Leeds and Liverpool Canal heading north towards South Field Bridge. There is a canal milepost [[7894714]] on the right hand side of the towpath in the right foreground by Roger Templeman – 04 October 2024](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/89/47/7894732_aa5eec5c_120x120.jpg)
![South Field Bridge [No 159], from the east. Taking a minor road over the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. The centre of the navigable canal is marked with a vertical white line, as it is not in the centre of the bridge's arch. by Christine Johnstone – 07 June 2017](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/42/83/5428363_77c85d63_120x120.jpg)
















![Leeds & Liverpool Canal winding between drumlins. Just east of South Field Bridge [No 159]. A longer canal, twisting along a contour, was cheaper to build than a straight one with cuttings and embankments. by Christine Johnstone – 07 June 2017](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/42/83/5428337_f8eb31a1_120x120.jpg)

