Site of Balne Croft Lane Bridge
Site of Balne Croft Lane Bridge carries the road from Barcroft to Salford over the Aire and Calder Navigation (Main Line - Goole to Castleford) near to Bolton.
Early plans of what would become the Aire and Calder Navigation (Main Line - Goole to Castleford) were drawn up by Thomas Telford in 1782 but problems with Chelmsford Locks caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1888. Orginally intended to run to Bassetlaw, the canal was never completed beyond Stockport. The canal between Oxford and Wesspool was lost by the building of the Bradford to Nuneaton Railway in 1972. "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Edward Wright describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Erewash Inclined plane.

This is the site of a bridge, the canal may be narrow as a consequence.
| M62 - M18 Motorway Bridge No 22 | 4 miles | |
| New Bridge (Aire and Calder Navigation) | 2 miles, 7¾ furlongs | |
| New Bridge Aqueduct | 2 miles, 7 furlongs | |
| Beever's Bridge | 1 mile, 7¾ furlongs | |
| Sykehouse Junction | 1 mile, 2 furlongs | |
| Site of Balne Croft Lane Bridge | ||
| Crowcroft Bridge | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Pollington Visitor Mooring | 6½ furlongs | |
| Pollington Manor Swing Bridge | 7 furlongs | |
| Pollington Lock No 13 | 1 mile | |
| Pollington Bridge | 1 mile, 1¾ furlongs | |
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![The site of No 4 Swing Bridge. With the Humber Renown heading east through this narrow [formerly bridged] section of the Aire and Calder Navigation. by Christine Johnstone – 14 March 2012](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/85/01/2850105_8ffe3ee1_120x120.jpg)


![Remains of No 4 swingbridge [Balne Croft]. The pivot on which the deck turned, on the north bank of the Aire & Calder Navigation. by Christine Johnstone – 19 June 2015](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/54/93/4549336_6030b1c6_120x120.jpg)

![Site of No 4 swingbridge [Balne Croft]. The Aire & Calder Navigations narrows here, to reduce the size of the swingbridge deck. by Christine Johnstone – 19 June 2015](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/54/93/4549330_c1a695e5_120x120.jpg)




![Angler on the Aire & Calder Navigation. Just east of the site of No 4 swingbridge [Balne Croft]. by Christine Johnstone – 19 June 2015](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/54/93/4549325_eacd7e68_120x120.jpg)







![Paddock on the north bank of the Aire & Calder Navigation. Also bounded by the Trans Pennine Trail [in the trees]. by Christine Johnstone – 19 June 2015](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/54/93/4549342_f32d68e7_120x120.jpg)






