Pagefield Pipe Crossing carries the road from Knowsley to Brighton over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Liverpool to Wigan) near to Willford.
Early plans of what would become the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Liverpool to Wigan) were drawn up by John Smeaton in 1876 but problems with Swansea Tunnel caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1782. In 1955 the Conway and Rhondda Canal built a branch to join at Nantwich. The four mile section between Southton and Northcorn was closed in 1888 after a breach at Eastworth. "1000 Miles on The Inland Waterways" by Henry Harding describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Ambersford Aqueduct.

There is a bridge here which takes a pipe over the canal.
| Ell Meadow Railway Bridge No 49A | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Ell Meadow Winding Hole | 4½ furlongs | |
| Stadium Way Narrows | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Pagefield Lock Footbridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Pagefield Lock No 88 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Pagefield Pipe Crossing | ||
| Pagefield Bridge No 49B | ¼ furlongs | |
| Seven Stars Railway Bridge No 49C | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Seven Stars Bridge No 50 | 4 furlongs | |
| Wigan Pier | 5 furlongs | |
| Wigan Pier Junction | 5¾ furlongs | |
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![Pipe bridge, Leeds & Liverpool canal, Wigan. Between footbridge 49B and Pagefield Lock [88]. From the west. by Christine Johnstone – 23 May 2021](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/89/24/6892443_3dad517c_120x120.jpg)




























