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[[File: Bridge_8_20150606.jpg |thumb|300px|right| Bewdley Bypass Bridge was jacked into place on 6 November 1986]]On {{PAGENAME}} in SVR history. *1968 [[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway#Highley Colliery|Highley Colliery]] was completely closed. Coal winding had ended in 1940, but the pithead remained in use for ventilation and personnel access to [[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway#Alveley Colliery|Alveley Colliery]].<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 100.</ref>*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1986|1986]] Hydraulic rams were used to move the 2,500 ton concrete [[Bewdley Bypass Bridge]] around 150ft into its final position.<ref>Marshall (1989) p. 91.</ref>
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