Stratford bridge repaired
Published: Monday, 10 April 2017
THE badly damaged Bishopton Bridge on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal has now been repaired.
It required the pound draining to get at the foundations, that needed work, but them the work progresed well, according to Canal & River Trust, but it revealed that the canal bridge was in a ‘poor’ condition, Roger Fox tells us.
Weight limit
The bridge had become a rat-run for motorists, with one vehicle dislodging the parapet, and obviously overweight vehicles also using the route over the bridge, as it condition proved.
This meant it being closed for a month, but has now been re-opened and the 7.5 tonnes maximum weight signs clearly visible.