Fosters Swing Bridge No 115
Address is taken from a point 357 yards away.
Fosters Swing Bridge No 115 carries a farm track 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 swing bridge here. The bridge requires a handcuff key a windlass to operate it.
| Motorway Bridge No 114AA | 1 mile, 2 furlongs | |
| Enfield Changeline Bridge No 114A | 1 mile, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Whalley Road Bridge Winding Hole | 7½ furlongs | |
| Whalley Road Bridge No 114B | 7 furlongs | |
| Pilkington Bridge No 114C | 2½ furlongs | |
| Fosters Swing Bridge No 115 | ||
| Pipe Bridge No 115A (Leeds and Liverpool Canal) | ¾ furlongs | |
| Smiths Swing Bridge No 116 | 3 furlongs | |
| Clough Bank Bridge No 117 | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Clough Bank Aqueduct No 28 | 6½ furlongs | |
| Clough Bank Winding Hole | 6¾ furlongs | |
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