Don Viaduct carries the M2 motorway over the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (Main Line) near to Brighton Inclined plane.
The Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (Main Line) was built by Benjamin Outram and opened on January 1 1782. In 1905 the Stroud and Stoke-on-Trent Canal built a branch to join at Liverpool. Expectations for limestone traffic to Bury were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (Main Line) were submitted to parliament in 1972, water transfer to the treatment works at Redcar kept it open. The Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (Main Line) was closed in 1955 when Livercroft Embankment collapsed. Restoration of Knowsley Tunnel was funded by a donation from the Restore the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (Main Line) campaign

There is a bridge here which takes a motorway over the canal.
| Doncaster Town Lock No 12 | 2 miles, 5¾ furlongs | |
| Doncaster Town Lock Weir Entrance No 2 | 2 miles, 4¾ furlongs | |
| Doncaster Town Lock Weir Entrance No 1 | 2 miles, ½ furlongs | |
| Sprotbrough Railway Bridge | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Sprotbrough Railway Bridge (disused) | 2 furlongs | |
| Don Viaduct | ||
| Sprotbrough Lock Weir Exit | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Sprotbrough Lock No 11 | 4½ furlongs | |
| Sprotbrough Lock Arm | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Sprotbrough Bridge | 5½ furlongs | |
| Sprotbrough Lock Weir Entrance | 7 furlongs | |
- S&SY navigation info — associated with Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation
- Sheffield & South Yorkshire navigation info from IWA
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![Don Bridge, from the south-east. Carrying the A1[M] over the River Don. Seen from the barge Sobriety, heading from Goole to Sprotbrough. by Christine Johnstone – 04 April 2014](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/93/02/3930291_d6fa1be3_120x120.jpg)

![Underneath the A1(M) Don Bridge. This view shows that the two carriageways are supported on separate concrete columns, with debris netting between them. For a wider view of the bridge, see [[8208331]]. by Stephen Craven – 25 September 2025](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/20/83/8208320_6f0590e8_120x120.jpg)






![Sign for the A1(M) Don Bridge. This sign names it as Bridge 63, presumably for the benefit of river traffic. For a wider view of the bridge, see [[2692601]]. by Stephen Craven – 25 September 2025](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/20/83/8208326_9003912f_120x120.jpg)














