Disused bridge, Bursledon Brickworks
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Disused bridge, Bursledon Brickworks
Image: © Richard Dorrell Taken: 8 Sep 2015
This bridge spans the M27 motorway. The bridge was built under an aerial ropeway which was used to transport clay from the nearby clay pits to the brickworks - the bridge being there to protect traffic below from anything dropping from the ropeway. The brickworks closed in 1974, before the then newly built motorway was opened to traffic, so the bridge was never actually needed. Bursledon Brickworks is now an industrial museum.
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Image Location
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50.886426
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-1.289567