Trowse swing bridge - maximum capacity?

[dk1]

To put a fixed bridge in position will require an Act of Parliament to close the river to navigation as they had a temporary closure via an Act of Parliament when they installed the present bridge. I always remember someone saying that the contractors never took away there site huts as they was always back on site trying to make it work properly.

Network Rail/Railtrack welded the rails over the bridge making it impossible to swing for many years. It was deemed far far cheaper to pay fines to the river authority for lack of navigation than it was to TOCs for delayed or cancelled trains.

 

[lincolnshire]

I know another bridge on a goods line where they changed the the rails and altered the signalling to end up with a bridge thats now fish plated up, its like this as it know longer can be like it was before signalling wise. Its been there since 1885 so now the fish plates have to be removed every time it needs opening.