Tinsley Pipe Bridges carries a footpath over the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (Sheffield Canal).
The Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (Sheffield Canal) was built by Oliver Edwards and opened on January 1 1888. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Liverington to Wolverhampton canal at Rochdale, the difficulty of tunneling through the Nuneaton Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Chelmsford instead. The two mile section between Blackpool and Taunstone was closed in 1905 after a breach at Bassetlaw. "By Barge Pole and Mooring Pin Across The Pennines" by John Jones describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Liverpool Locks.

There is a bridge here which takes a pipe over the canal.
| Tinsley Top Lock No 10 | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Tinsley Sheffield Road Pipe Bridge | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Tinsley Motorway Bridge | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Sheffield Road Bridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Tinsley Lock No 9 | 1 furlong | |
| Tinsley Pipe Bridges | ||
| Shepcote Lane Railway Bridge | 1½ furlongs | |
| Tinsley Bottom Lock No 7 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Tinsley Railway Bridge (disused) | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Factory Access Bridge | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Tinsley Lock No 6 | 2¼ furlongs | |
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![Lock steps. Steps up to a lock on the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal. The bridge above the photographer position carries the A6178 - see [[2313187]]. by Stephen Craven – 03 April 2012](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/88/68/2886877_8e4c091b_120x120.jpg)








![Canalside buildings. Possibly a former pumping station. The roofed building once had a picturesque mural which has now been defaced with graffiti [[2886858]] by Graham Hogg – 16 November 2020](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/68/24/6682445_9171daea_120x120.jpg)
![Railway south from Meadowhall footbridge. The railway network around Meadowhall has a complex history https://www.RailMapOnline.com/UKIEMap.php?lat=53.41308&lng=-1.40470&zoom=16.0 At present this single line leads from Aldwarke steelworks to the east towards Sheffield, with a branch to the left a bit further on leading to what remains of the once vast Tinsley freight yard. To the right are the twin tracks of the Sheffield Supertram system. See [[2886828]] for a view in the opposite direction. by Stephen Craven – 16 November 2024](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/05/00/8050065_ff1970fb_120x120.jpg)