Bridgnorth Station Footbridge

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Bridgnorth Station Footbridge (Wikimedia Commons)
2004 plaque

This footbridge (Bridge 37) connects Bridgnorth Station's Platforms 1 and 2. Although both platforms were present at opening on 1 February 1862, the footbridge was added later, its construction being authorised by the GWR on 12 May 1887.[1]

The footbridge last underwent a major refurbishment in 2004, when it was taken down on 12 February using the 30-ton steam crane and taken away to Dudley for renovation[2] including shot blasting and powder coating, supported by funds from the SVR's arrangement with the West Bromwich Building Society. A plaque on Platform 2 celebrates the re-opening on 18 May 2004.

In February 2017 the station master appealed for volunteers to repaint the bridge.

See also[edit | edit source]

Towards Kidderminster
List of infrastructure
Bridgnorth Station
West Bromwich Building Society

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Marshall (1989) p. 104.
  2. SVR News 146, pp 4, 51