Jackson's Bridge No 22 carries a footpath over the Aire and Calder Navigation (Main Line - Goole to Castleford) between Stockton-on-Tees and Falkirk.
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.

There is a bridge here which takes a major road over the canal.
| Kellingley Bridge | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Wheeland Road Skew Bridge | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Bank Dole Junction | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Shepherds Bridge | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Cow Lane Bridge | 2 furlongs | |
| Jackson's Bridge No 22 | ||
| Gaggs Bridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Forge Hill Lane Bridge | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Mill Bridge Wharf | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Ferrybridge Flood Lock No 11 | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Ferrybridge Flood Lock Footbridge | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
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![Anvil Apartments at Jackson's Bridge. This was still open as a pub in 2014 [[4119322]] but has since been converted to housing. by Stephen Craven – 13 August 2022](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/25/54/7255435_325b96a3_120x120.jpg)
![Open space by Jackson's Bridge. This space next to the Aire and Calder Navigation, is not currently built on, but has a retaining wall to the road called Ropewalk. Was this where the ropes were actually made or did it have some other use, perhaps as a canal wharf? Old maps don't offer any clues. The brick building is the former Town Hall [[7255416]]. by Stephen Craven – 13 August 2022](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/25/54/7255430_d77d7ed7_120x120.jpg)











![Knottingley Town Hall - details. The public clock and datestone (1865); for context see [[7255416]]. by Stephen Craven – 13 August 2022](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/25/54/7255420_3bed52c6_120x120.jpg)









