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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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
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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…
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…
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…
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
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
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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.
Great Musgrave Bridge retweeted
Just one mile west of Cannard's Grave Rd bridge in #SheptonMallet is Ridge Rd bridge which @NationalHways infilled in 2019 for £272K (including a 'bat hotel').
It would have been useful for the @StrawbLine as this road is increasingly busy and at-grade sightlines are not great.
Great Musgrave Bridge retweeted
They absolutely don't get it, do they?
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cu…
Great Musgrave Bridge retweeted
Or you can read the reality about @NationalHways management of #GreatMusgraveBridge by reading the in-depth report from Bill Harvey Associates, which can be downloaded from our website...
thehregroup.org/evidence/the…
Great Musgrave Bridge retweeted
We spent yesterday looking at a section of old railway earmarked for a new greenway.
Demolished bridge at one end; two infilled bridges at the other.
At what point do we stop making it difficult for good people to make a positive difference?
@activetraveleng @transportgovuk
Great Musgrave Bridge retweeted
This goes to the heart of democratic accountability.
@ICOnews has rejected our appeal against @NationalHways shutting down Freedom of Information requests about infilling and demolition schemes, particularly those done under illegitimate emergency PD rights.
The fight continues.
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We produced this paper for @NationalHways Stakeholder Advisory Forum about the infilling of #RudgateBridge and #ConghamBridge under inappropriate emergency development rights, but they refused to allow any discussion of it at Friday's meeting.
We'll pursue the matter elsewhere.
Great Musgrave Bridge retweeted
A fine skew bridge carrying a little-trafficked lane over the former Alnwick to Cornhill (Coldstream) line, AKC/99 Rugley Railway Bridge was the subject of an odd assessment claiming a 3 tonne GVW limit, but shows no load related damage.
billharveyassociates.com/bom…
Great Musgrave Bridge retweeted
Our efforts to secure the future of legacy rail structures are boosted by every signature on our petition.
If you have a moment between Christmas chocolates, please add your name to >19K others who've made clear their opposition to @NationalHways actions.
change.org/p/national-highwa…
