Bristol's Kingsweston Bridge will be restored after a series of truck crashes made it unusable.
Kingsweston Iron Bridge is being repaired after a series of crashes led to it being closed in 2015Heritage contractors are expected to restore the bridge and add steps on either side by late 2024Work to repair a Grade II listed footbridge which has been shut for eight years is set to begin.
It will take two weeks for sections of the bridge to be removed, so Kingsweston Road will be closed from 27 November. The bridge was damaged in 2015 by a truck, which was too large to drive underneath it, and struck the east underside. The same happened to the north underside in 2018.
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