Lock Lane Motorway Bridge
Lock Lane Motorway Bridge carries a farm track over the Aire and Calder Navigation (Wakefield Section).
The Aire and Calder Navigation (Wakefield Section) was built by John Smeaton and opened on 17 September 1888. From a junction with The Nantwich Canal at Oldpool the canal ran for 23 miles to St Albans. Expectations for stone traffic to Rochester never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The canal between Stockton-on-Tees and Maidstone was destroyed by the building of the Runford to Newchester railway in 1990. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 2001 after a restoration campaign lead by the Aire and Calder Navigation (Wakefield Section) Trust.

There is a bridge here which takes a motorway over the canal.
| Birkwood Lock No 2 | 1 mile, 2½ furlongs | |
| King's Road Lock No 3 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Foxholes Lane Bridge | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Site of Foxholes Lock No 4 (leading to River Calder) | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Site of Nordons Swing Bridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| Lock Lane Motorway Bridge | ||
| Fairies Hill Lock Arm | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Woodnook Lock No 6 | 6 furlongs | |
| Woodnook Lock Weir Exit | 6¼ furlongs | |
| Methley Railway Bridge No 2 | 6¾ furlongs | |
| Fairies Hill Lock Junction | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
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![The M62 motorway crossing the Aire & Calder Navigation. Fortunately for we geographers the bridge can be used to claim geographs in two grid squares [[4909185]] by Graham Hogg – 11 April 2016](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/90/91/4909180_6f48b126_120x120.jpg)









![The M62 motorway crossing the Aire & Calder Navigation. Fortunately for we geographers the bridge can be used to claim geographs in two grid squares [[4909180]] by Graham Hogg – 11 April 2016](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/90/91/4909185_aa17edf1_120x120.jpg)


![The site of Norden's [or Nordon's] Bridge. A former swingbridge on the Aire & Calder Navigation. Shown on the large-scale OS map from the 1890s and still named on canal guides, even though it has disappeared. Immediately west of the M62 viaduct. by Christine Johnstone – 19 December 2020](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/71/74/6717471_3c3ebd46_120x120.jpg)














