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The footbridge was closed to the public in 1970, the same year in which the SVR opened in preservation. As part of an agreement in December 1973 between the SVR Company and Rubery Owen (under which they become [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC#Notable shareholdings|shareholders in the SVR]]), the SVR acquired the Hollybush Road Footbridge from Bridgnorth Council for a nominal sum of £1, and the 1984 budget included a capital project for the reconstruction of the bridge.<ref>SVR News 31, ‘Boardroom Notes’</ref>
Following the demolition of the bridge in 1976, interest appears to have waned. However in 1982 Bill Hinkley happened on the copies of SVR News reporting on the old bridge and the attempts to save it and began to canvas opinions on building a new bridge.<ref name=SVR112>SVR News 112, “The Bridgnorth Footbridge Saga”, Bill Hinckley</ref> By 1995 1985 a committee had been formed and over the next three years designs were drawn up and planning permission obtained.<ref name=SVR112/>
== The Bridgnorth Footbridge Trust==
