Oddies Swing Bridge No 210 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 BW key and a windlass to operate it.
| Bradford Beck Aqueduct No 55 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Shipley Footbridge No 208 | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Shipley Junction | 3 furlongs | |
| Dock Swing Bridge No 209 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Railway Bridge No 209A | ¼ furlongs | |
| Oddies Swing Bridge No 210 | ||
| Baildon Winding Hole | 2 furlongs | |
| Thackley Beck Aqueduct No 55A | 6¾ furlongs | |
| Buck Mill Swing Bridge No 211 | 1 mile | |
| Field Locks Bridge No 211A | 1 mile, 5¾ furlongs | |
| Field locks Winding Hole | 1 mile, 6 furlongs | |
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![Approaching Leeds & Liverpool Canal Bridges 209 and 209A 115 miles from Liverpool. There is a canal milepost [[7791414]] beside the towpath in the left foreground by Roger Templeman – 26 May 2024](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/79/14/7791476_dcef0708_120x120.jpg)





![Path beside Leeds and Liverpool Canal at approach to railway bridge. Beside the path is a post with a sign warning anglers of overhead power lines, and close to the bridge a milepost [[6076596]] by Luke Shaw – 20 November 2023](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/65/69/7656980_ac7f6723_120x120.jpg)




![Canal bridge 209A and rail bridge GUE2-1. There is an OS benchmark [[2982988]] on the bridge pier. by Roger Templeman – 01 June 2012](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/98/29/2982995_2c4ce6f4_120x120.jpg)



![Bridge GUE2/2, Dockfield Road, Baildon. This and the adjacent bridge GUE2/1 carry the Shipley to Ilkley railway line over the road and the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. See [[1740484]] by Stephen Armstrong – 04 March 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/74/05/1740533_15672621_120x120.jpg)

![Pier of railway bridge between Dockfield Road and Leeds & Liverpool Canal. The section of the bridge over the road has Network Rail Identity GUE2/1 and that over the canal is Canal Bridge #209A. There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark [[7937982]] on a large stone near the base of the pier on its right hand edge by Luke Shaw – 26 May 2024](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/93/80/7938063_1beeb3c7_120x120.jpg)





