Potter Heigham Bridge

[Andrewcook]

I was not aware that Potter Heigham Bridge was Built i Around in 1385 blimey but for Road Traffic  weight Car's only? Will that be Sinking down towards the River ? As I believe it should only be used for Pedestrians and Cyclist only crossing to and from Latham's and Pub plus Herbert Woods Boat yard.and Villages

[andyg]

There's a lot of folk that would like to see that bridge gone. But I suspect most who live above the bridge want it left there. Personally I think Hickling is one of the nicest areas of the Northern rivers. 

[Oddfellow]

I'm pretty sure it's being used within its limits. Traffic would be halted otherwise. 

It's worth remembering too that it was the ONLY road traffic structure crossing over the Thurne anywhere for hundreds of years before the A149 was built which is, for the most part, a following of the railway line, long since lost. 

 

[grendel]

many surveys have been carried out that prove the bridge isnt sinking, however water levels.........

[ChrisB]

[ChrisB]

5 inches in my lifetime could make the bridge appear to be sinking. 

[Turnoar]

Used to take the weight of a Bristol VR double decker back in my college days. I would guesstimate at max capacity you would have 5 tons of passengers plus driver... I mean bus. Realistically it was 2 passengers at 7am on a winters morning! Not sure what the builders were planning on hauling over it but seems to have stood the test of time!

[Smoggy]

You should be able to get all the info needed as theres a few on here that watched it being built....

[TheQ]

No idea if it was full  before it...

The draft agreement to replace the railway bridge was 1963,  the old railway bridge was demolished in 1968... So the concrete thing will have been built soon after..

That graph doesn't include the fact the south and east of England is sinking and has been since the last Ice age by about 0.6mm a year, or about 8 or 9 inches since the bridge was built...

[JanetAnne]

11 hours ago, Smoggy said:

You should be able to get all the info needed as theres a few on here that watched it being built....

Some of us were at the planning meeting

[RumPunch]

One of only two listed ( or always was ) The other is over the Bure between Coltishall and Buxton ( by the S bends over the railway heading for the tip )

[Regulo]

23 hours ago, JanetAnne said:

Some of us were at the planning meeting

I objected.

[BroadAmbition]

I objected.

Obviously not loudly enough!

Griff