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The bridge was completed in time for the line to re-open for the [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1983 | 1983]] season. However construction of the bypass required lowering the B4555 Highley road to pass underneath it, and consequently increasing the height of the railway embankment. Less than two months later, the embankment collapsed a few yards beyond the bridge (the area on the left of the photo below). Shropshire County Council and the SVR worked jointly for 14 hours a day seven days a week to reopen the line three weeks later.
==Overhauls==
Maintenace and repainting of the bridge was planned for, but deferred following the severe [[2007 Storm Damage]] to the line. It was mechanically
prepared and repainted using a moss green high specification paint, with a contribution of £30,000 in 2017 from [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd]].<ref>[http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends23/0001092723_AC_20170630_E_C.PDF SVR Charitable Trust Report and Financial Statements 30 June 2017]</ref> It displays the SVR logo.
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==SourceReferences==
'The Bridgnorth By-Pass Bridge', article by Alun Rees, SVR News Issue 66.
