Rusty Lane Swing Bridge No 151 carries the M1 motorway over the Kennet and Avon Canal (Main Line).
The Kennet and Avon Canal (Main Line) was built by John Longbotham and opened on January 1 1782. Expectations for iron traffic to Sunderland never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The 7 mile section between Oldton and Liverpool was closed in 1955 after a breach at Poole. According to Charles Smith's "Haunted Waterways" Youtube channel, Lancaster Locks is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.

There is a swing bridge here.
| Martinslade Bridge | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Sells Green Bridge No 149 | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Sells Green Visitor Moorings | 5 furlongs | |
| Sells Green Swing Bridge No 150 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Sells Green Swing Bridge Winding Hole | 2½ furlongs | |
| Rusty Lane Swing Bridge No 151 | ||
| Seend Top Lock No 21 | 2 furlongs | |
| Bollands Hill Bridge | 2 furlongs | |
| Seend Lock No 20 | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Seend Winding Hole | 4 furlongs | |
| Seend Lock No 19 | 4¼ furlongs | |
Rusty Lane, in the village of Seend, is part of an old drove road
that carried traffic from Seend to Melksham. It crossed the canal via
a swing bridge (Bridge 151), and over the railway near to Seend
Railway Station, which closed in 1966.
Much of Rusty Lane is now
a dirt track and footpath, apart from a short section in Seend which
houses the Community Centre and Lye Field Pavilion.
There is
also a Bottled Beer brewed by the Kennet and Avon Brewery called
Rusty Lane 4.4% which can be purchased at Seend Post Office.
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![Rusty Lane heading south from its swingbridge [No 151]. A public bridleway between Melksham and Seend. by Christine Johnstone – 06 May 2015](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/49/22/4492238_0c970908_120x120.jpg)





![View South Along Rusty Lane. A view back towards [[3179001]] by Doug Lee – 14 October 2012](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/17/90/3179005_b3db1500_120x120.jpg)


![Five ways to go [4]. Seen from the point where three bridleways and two footpaths meet, this is the bridleway to Bath Road. by Michael Dibb – 26 October 2014](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/22/70/4227038_d7495f41_120x120.jpg)

![Five ways to go [3]. Seen from the point where three bridleways and two footpaths meet, this is the bridleway to Bollands Hill. by Michael Dibb – 26 October 2014](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/22/70/4227037_ad386804_120x120.jpg)
![Five ways to go [1]. Three bridleways and two footpaths meet at this point. by Michael Dibb – 26 October 2014](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/22/70/4227034_c5d914f0_120x120.jpg)
![Five ways to go [6]. Seen from the point where three bridleways and two footpaths meet, this is the footpath to Spout Lane. by Michael Dibb – 26 October 2014](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/22/70/4227041_c2da085b_120x120.jpg)
![Five ways to go [5]. Seen from the point where three bridleways and two footpaths meet, this is the footpath to the Kennet & Avon canal (via the entrance-way to Little Foxes Farm). by Michael Dibb – 26 October 2014](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/22/70/4227040_0dbc9454_120x120.jpg)


![Five ways to go [2]. Seen from the point where three bridleways and two footpaths meet, this is the bridleway to Seend. by Michael Dibb – 26 October 2014](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/22/70/4227036_8c5b5025_120x120.jpg)




