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Brooksmouth Bridge is a small cast iron footbridge, via which the towpath on the west bank of the [[River Severn]] crosses Borle Brook downstream from [[Borle Viaduct]].
The bridge was built by the [[Coalbrookdale|The Coalbrookdale Company ]] of Ironbridge in 1828, pre-dating the building of the Severn Valley Railway by more than 30 years. At that time goods traffic was transported on the River Severn in barges called Severn Trows. These were hauled upstream against the current by horses, or by men known as ‘bow hauliers’, making use of the towpath.<ref>From The Window, SVR publication</ref>
Today the towpath forms part of the [[Severn Way]], by which pedestrians may walk along the river bank between [[Arley]] and [[Highley]]. The bridge can be seen from the SVR and is one of the items featured in [[From The Window]].
