Formerly handsome Victorian bridge - suffocated by National Highways in an act of cultural vandalism - keen to breathe the crisp Cumbrian air once again.
Great Musgrave, England
Joined April 2022
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Great Musgrave Bridge retweeted
Are you sitting down?
The cost of removing the infill from #GreatMusgraveBridge has been revealed.
£352,000.
So @NationalHways spent almost half-a-million pounds damaging a bridge that, before infilling, was fundamentally fine.
Time for a better custodian.
newsandstar.co.uk/news/24106…
Great Musgrave Bridge retweeted
Great Musgrave Bridge, in Cumbria, is to open without weight restrictions after the removal of concrete infill
bbc.in/3tvDzdH
Congratulations #ConghamBridge. Welcome to the club!
There is life after 'emergency' infill!
Great Musgrave Bridge retweeted
The TRUE story of @NationalHways infilling scheme at #GreatMusgraveBridge, using EVIDENCE to dismantle the distorted narrative contrived by our state-owned roads company in an attempt to justify its vandalism.
youtu.be/Z4OIS4UD_2E?si=42-c…
Phew!
Good to see #GreatMusgraveBridge looking more like its old self.
Damage to the face of one stone block looks recent, probably caused by breaking out @NationalHways emergency concrete. We expect this will result in the structure being assessed as having a capacity of ten feathers!
Great Musgrave Bridge retweeted
A fabulous piece from @matthew_weaver in the @guardian this morning on @NationalHways ongoing work to remove the infill from #GreatMusgraveBridge.
Will they ever provide honest answers to the questions we posed?
#DontHoldYourBreath
theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…
It's like being at the dentist. Those drills bloody hurt! And where's the anaesthetic?
A fabulous piece from @matthew_weaver in the @guardian this morning on @NationalHways ongoing work to remove the infill from #GreatMusgraveBridge.
Will they ever provide honest answers to the questions we posed?
#DontHoldYourBreath
theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…
Great Musgrave Bridge retweeted
As the infill goes, we reflect on @NationalHways claims about #GreatMusgraveBridge, such as implying that @EdenCouncil didn't intervene until the infilling was largely complete, when it actually asked for the work NOT TO START!
Read our full report here:
thehregroup.org/evidence/pdf…
Great Musgrave Bridge retweeted
As the infill goes, we reflect on @NationalHways claims about #GreatMusgraveBridge, such as stating that a structure with very minor defects had to be infilled "to prevent the failure of the bridge and avert a collapse".
Read our full report here:
thehregroup.org/evidence/pdf…
Great Musgrave Bridge retweeted
As the infill goes, we reflect on @NationalHways claims about #GreatMusgraveBridge, such as stating that 38% of the mortar had been lost from joints in the arch when the evidence related to just one irrelevant perpend joint.
Read our full report here:
thehregroup.org/evidence/pdf…
Great Musgrave Bridge retweeted
As the infill goes, we reflect on @NationalHways claims about #GreatMusgraveBridge, such as asserting "substantial movement of stones in the arch" despite having no legitimate evidence of any movement for many decades.
Read our full report here:
thehregroup.org/evidence/pdf…
Great Musgrave Bridge retweeted
As the infill goes, we reflect on @NationalHways claims about #GreatMusgraveBridge, such as wrongly alleging it had prior dialogue about the scheme with two heritage railways who intended to relay the track beneath it.
Read our full report here:
thehregroup.org/evidence/pdf…
I need to protect my image rights. This is sooooo ugly.
Coverage on @BBCNews of @NationalHways decision to close the road over #GreatMusgraveBridge while it removes the infill it shouldn't have installed in the first place.
We're told the Parish Council has sent a letter of complaint to NH's Chief Exec and MPs.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn42…
Well, that takes the weight off! Three months' holiday while the builders are in. First one in 160 years!
Communities around #GreatMusgraveBridge face 13 WEEKS disruption while @NationalHways close the road for infill removal!
Farms & school bus affected; businesses lose passing trade.
Unacceptable.
@DrNeilHudson @CumbriaCC @TCIndex @BBC_Cumbria @CumbriaCrack
theconstructionindex.co.uk/n…
Great Musgrave Bridge retweeted
So, Great @MusgraveBridge has cleared out the shed and bought some big shovels, but, with 160 days before the infill removal deadline, there's no sign of @NationalHways.
Perhaps the contractor is waiting for a skip or still busy with Mrs McIrwin's kitchen extension.
#TickTock
My emergency came in the form of a perpend joint with 38% of its mortar missing. They should have rung Fire & Rescue...
The relevant local planning authorities have confirmed that @NationalHways is expected to submit a retrospective planning application for the 'emergency' infill scheme at Congham, Norfolk shortly and at Rudgate, North Yorkshire by the end of June.
NH's resistance clearly failed.
Great Musgrave Bridge retweeted
Such a blessing that the @theHREgroup raised awareness of the #HistoricalRailwaysEstate with bridges such as #RugleyBridge near #Alnwick hopefully seeing new future with #BorderlineGreenway in near future. (This was once Alnwick to #Cornhill/#Coldstream line). #DisusedRailways
Great Musgrave Bridge retweeted
The former Bridport Railway - inc Barrowland Lane bridge - features on the Dorset Historic Environment Record and passes through an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Reopening it as an active travel route would boost the local economy and benefit physical/mental health.
ALT Looking east from Barrowland Lane bridge towards Maiden Newton where the nearest railway station is located.
ALT Looking south-west towards Bridport. A continuous, high-quality active travel route - through the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - would attract tourists and benefit the local economy.
ALT Two streams join on the west side of Barrowland Lane, just south of the bridge.
ALT The former Bridport Railway - including Barrowland Lane bridge - is included as an asset on the Dorset Historic Environment Record, number MWX70.