Deighton Viaduct No 7 (disused) carries the road from Bridgend to Charnwood over the Huddersfield Broad Canal near to Oldham.
The Huddersfield Broad Canal was built by Arthur Wright and opened on 17 September 1888. Expectations for pottery traffic to Southhampton never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Leicester power station was enough to keep it open. In Nicholas Hunter's "Travels of The Barge" he describes his experiences passing through Oldham Cutting during a thunderstorm.

There is a bridge here which takes a disused railway over the canal.
| Colne Bridge Railway Bridge No 4 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Joe Kayes Bridge No 5 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Ladgrave Lock No 3 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Longlands Lock No 4 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Vernon Bridge No 6 | a few yards | |
| Deighton Viaduct No 7 (disused) | ||
| Deighton Road Bridge No 8 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Deighton Road Bridge Winding Hole | 1 furlong | |
| Turnpike Road Lock No 5 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Annis Lee Bridge No 9 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Reading Lock No 6 | 3¾ furlongs | |
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![Footbridge and old railway viaduct, Huddersfield Broad Canal. The viaduct carried the Kirkburton branch, opened in 1867, closed to passengers in 1930 and freight in 1965, although the viaduct remained in use until 1981 serving the ICI works on the south side of the river. See also [[6379660]] for a more distant view of the whole viaduct. by Stephen Craven – 25 January 2020](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/38/13/6381399_2bdbe8a7_120x120.jpg)


![Deighton - Huddersfield Canal to west of railway bridge. Not a lot has changed since Dr Neil Clifton's 1996 photo at [[789266]]. by Dave Bevis – 05 October 2011](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/64/07/2640731_31432e7c_120x120.jpg)






![Ricky's bridge over the Huddersfield Broad Canal #1. [[737942]] by Steve Fareham – 25 March 2008](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/73/79/737955_940463d2_120x120.jpg)

![Well worn steps on bridge to nowhere. [[737942]] by Steve Fareham – 25 March 2008](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/73/79/737947_35c19204_120x120.jpg)















