Avon bridge damaged by car will not be open this year

ALTHOUGH Work has started on the repair to Bidford Bridge over the Avon it will most likely not be reopened this year.

The structure of the bridge was damaged when a car became wedged during September, Roger Fox reports.

And though work has started the county council relates that while it continues to work towards reopening the road as per the original timescale, it is somewhat at the mercy of the weather and subsequent rising river levels which could potentially impact upon the programme.

Not open

The concern is that if the repair work isn’t completed by the end of November and with winter approaching when river levels traditionally rise, the bridge will not be open in time for Christmas or even early next year.

It is expected the repair will affect navigation when scaffold is eventually erected.