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[[File:Station Footbridge - geograph.org.uk - 1374249.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Bridgnorth Station Footbridge (Wikimedia Commons)]]
[[File:Plaque_20150528.jpg|300px|right|2004 plaque]]
This footbridge (Bridge 37) connects [[Bridgnorth|Bridgnorth Station's ]] Platforms 1 and 2. It last underwent a major refurbishment in 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.<ref>[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009Bibliography#2004 Books| 2004Marshall (1989)]], when it was taken down and moved to the boiler shop for shot-blasting and repaintingp. A plaque on Platform 2 celebrates the re-opening on 18 May 2004104.</ref>
The footbridge last underwent a major refurbishment in [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2004 | 2004]], when it was taken down on 12 February using the [[Cowans Sheldon 30-ton steam crane RS 1087|30-ton steam Crane]] and taken away to Dudley for renovation<ref>SVR News 146, pp 4, 51</ref> 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 ==
[[Engine Shed Underpass | Towards Kidderminster]]<br>
[[List of infrastructure]]<br>
[[Bridgnorth | Bridgnorth Station]]<br>[[West Bromwich Building Society]] ==References==<references/>
