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Middle Level Navigations (Forty Foot River)

The Middle Level Navigations (Forty Foot River) is a broad canal and is part of the Middle Level Navigations. It runs for 10 miles through 2 locks from Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction (where it joins the River Great Ouse (Old Bedford River) and the River Great Ouse (Counter Wash Drain)) to Old River Nene - Forty Foot River Junction (where it joins the Middle Level Navigations (Old River Nene)).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 13 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

It has a junction with the Middle Level Navigations (Sixteen Foot River) at Sixteen Foot Corner.

	Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction Junction of Forty Foot River with the Old Bedford River
	Welches Dam Sluice	a few yards	0 locks
	Horseway Sluice	1 mile and 3¾ furlongs	1 lock
	Horseway Village Bridge	1 mile and 7¼ furlongs	2 locks
	Sixteen Foot Corner Junction of Forty Foot and Sixteen Foot Rivers	2 miles and 1½ furlongs	2 locks
	Chatteris Road Bridge With Pipe Bridge alongside	3 miles and 7¾ furlongs	2 locks
	Leonard Child's Bridge	4 miles and 5¾ furlongs	2 locks
	Puddock Bridge	6 miles and 6¼ furlongs	2 locks
	Ramsey Hollow Bridge	7 miles and 6¼ furlongs	2 locks
	Forty Foot Bridge	9 miles and 4 furlongs	2 locks
	Old River Nene - Forty Foot River Junction Junction of Old River Nene and Forty Foot River	10 miles	2 locks