Boat Stuck On Wroxham Bridge

[Ray]

There's a new twist on an old bridge 🙂

It is the EDP... but there are photos.

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23143058.norfolk-wroxham-bridge-closed-lorry-gets-stuck/

[Broads01]

What a strangely ironic thing to happen.

[Bikertov]

I knew some boats can struggle to get UNDER Wroxham bridge, but never thought I would see one getting stuck going OVER the bridge 

[BrundallNavy]

I came through around 18-30 and no sign of any problems.  

[BroadAmbition]

It's not the first time I have heard of this kind of thing happening, I thought they had banned Low-loaders from Wroxham bridge?  If not - Seems they will have too now, thought it was common sense not to try and take one over it anyroadup

Griff

[Andrewcook]

Hi, I wonder where the Boat is going to? Would it have been better put it in the water without all this bother of going over Wroxham Bridge

[MargeandParge]

4 hours ago, Andrewcook said:

Hi, I wonder where the Boat is going to? Would it have been better put it in the water without all this bother of going over Wroxham Bridge

We think they were after Roy's car park as its free mooring for three hours . The Hotel and Barnes charge 

Kindest Regards Marge and Parge 

[grendel]

low loader forgot to check his air draft, maybe he should have checked with the bridge pilot?

[Chelsea14Ian]

If this boat was brought in Wroxham,surely  they would  have known not yo travel over the bridge.

 

 

 

[grendel]

1 minute ago, Chelsea14Ian said:

If this boat was brought in Wroxham,surely  they would  have known not yo travel over the bridge.

maybe bought on a different waterway and transported by a company not local to the broads.

[Turnoar]

There are various signs about stating Wroxham Bridge unsuitable for low loaders diversion, eg on the outer ring road roundabout Sprowston, also ditto 1/4 mile ahead by the mini roundabout in Hoveton. Could be the same satnav used by the hgv’s who periodically take a run up at the railway bridges!

[webntweb]

Can't see a registration number on the stern. There is a mark on the right hand side but it looks too small to be a reg no. Possibly come from another waterway?

[Chelsea14Ian]

Wither it came from the broads or elsewhere. They should have checked tthe route first.

 

 

 

 

 

[floydraser]

Just had a quick look and I can't see any signs that advise against low loaders going over the bridge. There are signs from the NDR showing HGVs the way to Rackheath industrial estate, so the signs should be by the last chance to turn round - the industrial estate, if any.

The air suspension on the lorry or trailer could have failed. 

Transporting boats is not a wide open industry and in my experience just about every driver of such vehicles will either know all the boat yards and the routes to them, or have easy access to such information.

When I started at Asda, I didn't just take off towards a store and ask a policeman, I had a quite a few blokes to ask exact directions. Yes, a long, long time before satnav! 

[Turnoar]

Wow, no sign on the NDR roundabout as you say flyodraser, not that you’d see it with all the traffic cones!

I may be wrong but until access to the B1150 was closed at the end of Dobbs/Rackheath Lane was that the last chance diversion?

 

 

[floydraser]

27 minutes ago, Turnoar said:

Wow, no sign on the NDR roundabout as you say flyodraser, not that you’d see it with all the traffic cones!

I may be wrong but until access to the B1150 was closed at the end of Dobbs/Rackheath Lane was that the last chance diversion?

 

 

I was just offering food for thought as a non- local. 

It seems we don't for sure whether or not low loaders are banned from the bridge but assuming they are, I would expect there to enough room to turn one round in an industrial area. I looked to see if there was a sign at the B1140 mini roundabout but I couldn't see one. Google Streetview.

As I suggested, every boat moving business should be well versed in boatyards and routes to them so it could well be that low loaders are allowed to use the bridge. There are plenty of boatyards around there so there must be well sorted way of moving boats around. Maybe a local will be along soon to put us right.

I contacted John Shepherd in Ayrshire, Scotland to transport the Denham Owl from Glasgow to Brundall. The driver knew all the boatyards around the Broads as they regularly move stuff into, and out from, Brooms. 

I'm still guessing air suspension fail.

On Youtube there are quite a few videos of American low loaders getting stuck on level crossings, with spectacular results!

[LizG]

What I would like to know is how did they unstick the low loader.  Not a question of waiting for the tide to go down! 

[FlyingFortress]

1 hour ago, LizG said:

What I would like to know is how did they unstick the low loader.  Not a question of waiting for the tide to go down! 

Hit it with big hammers ? 😜😁😳

[jeffbroadslover]

Maybe they got a long tube and fitted it to the tyres and then got a lot of people to blow into it !!!

Jeff

[BroadAmbition]

Jacks at the aft end with rollers on or under them generally does the trick, then the tractor unit draws slowly forward

That will have cost the haulage company, not to mention making good any scarring to the road surface - That'll be yet another road closure then! 

Griff

[BrundallNavy]

There are no marks on the road so doesn’t look like it grounded. As I said it was gone less than an hour later so maybe just stopped on the bridge to raise the suspension. 

[BroadAmbition]

Really?

if it didn’t ground it wouldn’t have stopped!

Griff

[floydraser]

In working order the suspension would take probably less than a minute to raise. No need to stop the buses.

[ScrumpyCheddar]

It doesn’t help with the tractor unit running on a low ride spec . Low profile tyres . That’s why the neck of the trailer has ground out. A normal tractor unit would have cleared that. 

[Happy]

11 hours ago, BrundallNavy said:

There are no marks on the road so doesn’t look like it grounded. As I said it was gone less than an hour later so maybe just stopped on the bridge to raise the suspension. 

  Perhaps he just stopped because he liked the view?