It’s amazing what you can discover on your doorstep
that you haven’t seen before. I love the way that the ivy hangs off the arch to
try and disguise a forgotten relic. This bridge was part of a route that connects
a town to a village and used to be part of a railway line before the government
started to close stations. Recently, it’s been developed into a cycle route. Its
ownership was then up for debate as the town had since expanded its outskirts
and was expected to foot the bill for the maintenance costs, but proposed that
it would be more cost effective to demolish the bridge entirely and widen the
road beneath it instead. There was much outrage at this announcement since the
cycle route was already part of a national scheme and a piece of heritage would
be lost, but thankfully the funding has now been found. I hope that the locals
don’t fool around and cause the council to rethink its decision.
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