Trent & Mersey Bridge 16 Swarkestone or thereabouts

[Cheshire cat]

A bridge strike by something large has closed the canal and the road at bridge 16

 

closure notice

 

A further update promised by 8th May

[matty40s]

That's it, Leicester ring stuffed now. 

 

That bridge has been hit more than one of Mike Tysons sparring partners.

Edited April 25 by matty40s

[IanD]

1 minute ago, matty40s said:

That's it, Leicester ring stuffed now. 

Another emergency stoppage, it's all CART's fault for wasting all their money on blue signs and comms systems for Standedge... 😉 

[TheBiscuits]

2 minutes ago, IanD said:

Another emergency stoppage, it's all CART's fault for wasting all their money on blue signs and comms systems for Standedge... 😉 

 

Was it the truck carrying the blue signs that broke the bridge?

[Yellowback]

2 minutes ago, IanD said:

Another emergency stoppage, it's all CART's fault for wasting all their money on blue signs and comms systems for Standedge... 😉 

3 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said:

 

Was it the truck carrying the blue signs that broke the bridge?

 

Maybe if they had better signage at the bridge this wouldn't have happened.

[John Brightley]

Google streetview shows the same parapet demolished in 2023, 2022 and 2011. Surprising that they haven't erected a metal barrier to protect it.

[IanD]

10 minutes ago, Yellowback said:

 

Maybe if they had better signage at the bridge this wouldn't have happened.

Not convinced signs make much difference given truck driver stupidity -- our road has width restrictions at the far end to stop trucks using it as a cut-through to the industrial estate, and big signs warning of this at the road entrance including "Width restriction 2.0m" and "No access to industrial estate" and "No HGVs" (and "No Heavy Goods Vehicles"!). All this still doesn't stop artics regularly driving down it and getting stuck and causing a total jam... 😞 

[Higgs]

 

Past there last week. The side by the sign was in the water. But both sides have been cracked for ages. 

 

 

 

[matty40s]

48 minutes ago, Higgs said:

 

Past there last week. The side by the sign was in the water. But both sides have been cracked for ages. 

 

 

 

That's not the correct bridge

Edited April 25 by matty40s

[Higgs]

9 minutes ago, matty40s said:

That's not the correct bridge

 

But is says 17 and 15 in the link. Ok. The strike was on 16. "vehicle strike which has badly damaged Barrow Bridge 16. "

 

 

 

Edited April 25 by Higgs

[Hudds Lad]

Wonder if they got the driver? It's incidents like this that make CRT's idea of bridge cameras seem worthwhile.

[ditchcrawler]

Others that seem to constantly get damaged are, Wrenbury lift bridge, Shirley Drawbridge, Meaford top lock 

[Cheshire cat]

The one at Meaford has got some protection now but I noticed last month it has still managed to get some new grooves in the stonework 

[ditchcrawler]

20 minutes ago, Cheshire cat said:

The one at Meaford has got some protection now but I noticed last month it has still managed to get some new grooves in the stonework 

This was this month with part of the coping gone.

 

[David Mack]

Canal (but not towpath or road) open from 8.00 tomorrow.

https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notices/27972-between-deepdale-bridge-17-and-lowes-bridge-15-trent-and-mersey-canal

[PeterScott]

From August 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Large vehicles ... repairs on t'other side ...

Barrow  Bridge 16 T&M

[ditchcrawler]

One of CWF members posted these on Facebook