There,s nowt as ***** as folk.....as they say, regarding the Bytes road bridge what you must take into account is that it was planned in the late 60,s built 1972, in those days a flybridge cruiser was about as rare as apollo 14, given that the existing bridge has been there since 18...something and commercial /leisure river traffic had coped so far why would they feel the need for a humped back bridge ,indeed could one have been practical to build??,there may have been other factors ,like most of the large commercial traffic was going up the yare at the time ,pleasure craft were using the bure and most river boats could easily get under the old bridge with relative ease(tide allowing).Could anyone see the internet coming??,well 1 or 2 could ,but mostly everyone was in the dark!!
Planning gaffs happen all the time (take high rise council flat blocks in the 60,s).!!
As to this suitability ,personaly i couldn,t give a dam what other people think of my choice of boat, i like it!! i use it , and for what i want out of a boat its very suitable!