Mitre Bridge No 129B carries the M62 motorway over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds).
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 major road over the canal.
| Gannow Tunnel No 128 (northern entrance) | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Whittlefield Bridge No 129 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Whittlefield Bridge Aqueduct No 31A (northern end) | 2 furlongs | |
| Whittlefield Bridge Aqueduct No 31A (southern end) | 1½ furlongs | |
| Barracks Railway Bridge No 129A | ½ furlongs | |
| Mitre Bridge No 129B | ||
| Sandygate Square Footbridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Burnley Wharf Bridge No 130 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Walker Hey Footbridge No 130A | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Nelson Square Winding Hole | 4½ furlongs | |
| Burnley Wharf | 4¾ furlongs | |
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![Leeds and Liverpool Canal, North of Westgate. View from Mitre Bridge, towards Barracks Railway Bridge (Bridge#129A - [[[4376458]]]). by David Dixon – 06 March 2015](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/37/68/4376854_6574f532_120x120.jpg)




![Woodfield Mill on SW side of Trafalgar Street. There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark [[8173625]] on the front of the building right of the lamppost. The company nameboard is for Wilson Brothers Ltd by Roger Templeman – 19 April 2025](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/17/36/8173646_d8bca309_120x120.jpg)










![Bridge 129A, Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The eastern abutment, showing a bench mark and a drain that was added when the bridge was rebuilt in November 2017.See [[5814295]] for a general view of the bridge. by Ian Taylor – 19 June 2018](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/81/43/5814309_9caf1448_120x120.jpg)
![Belle Vue Mill. A former cotton mill. See [[2477222]] for further information and an alternative view (2011). by Ian Taylor – 19 June 2018](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/81/56/5815649_48a4d855_120x120.jpg)

![Burnley Barracks Railway Bridge. The single-track railway line crosses the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Barracks Railway Bridge (bridge#129A). See also [[[4376458]]]. by David Dixon – 06 March 2015](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/37/69/4376927_335a8630_120x120.jpg)