Former tramway arch in Thorpe Hall Avenue
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Former tramway arch in Thorpe Hall Avenue
Image: © David Kemp Taken: 30 Apr 2020
The bridge carries the former London, Tilbury & Southend railway towards Thorpe Bay and Shoeburyness. Its present structure post-dates the railway, the bridge having been reconstructed in 1913 in conjunction with Southend Corporation's tramway boulevards project which added a second tram route to Thorpe Bay by way of the newly-created Southchurch and Thorpe Boulevards. However the boulevards ceased to carry trams in 1938 and today one can walk under the central arch of the bridge through which they used to run.
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