Old Colne Road Bridge No 142 is an notable flight of locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds) just past the junction with The River Hull.
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 pedestrian traffic over the canal.
| Swinden Changeline Bridge No 142 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Swinden Aqueduct No 35 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Barrowford Bottom Lock No 51 | 1 furlong | |
| Barrowford Lock No 50 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Greenfield Road Motorway Bridge No 142A | ¼ furlongs | |
| Old Colne Road Bridge No 142 | ||
| Reservoir Bridge No 143A | a few yards | |
| Barrowford Lock No 49 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Barrowford Lock No 48 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Barrowford Lock No 47 | 2 furlongs | |
| Barrowford Lock No 46 | 2½ furlongs | |
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![Bridge 143, Lock 49 and Bridge 143A. Looking north along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal from under Bridge 142A [the M65]. The bottom gates of the lock are open as a boat enters. by Christine Johnstone – 08 June 2017](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/43/45/5434526_6ed8ce15_120x120.jpg)






![Leeds and Liverpool Canal approaching Bridge #143 with B6247 bridge beyond. There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark [[8019270]] on the bridge wall right of its white-painted arch by Roger Templeman – 08 April 2025](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/07/07/8070787_fcf69247_120x120.jpg)

















![Leeds & Liverpool Canal towpath passing Barrowford Reservoir. There is a canal milepost (47¼ miles from Leeds) [[8053328]] on the left hand side of the towpath in the left foreground by Roger Templeman – 08 April 2025](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/05/33/8053348_5227d116_120x120.jpg)


![Drained canal at Barrowford Locks. This is not a result of the 2022 drought, but ongoing civil engineering works. [[6075454]] shows the same stretch with a normal water level. by Stephen Craven – 23 August 2022](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/26/47/7264772_8b4da1fd_120x120.jpg)
