Lady Bay Bridge closure, July 2022 ? 5

Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 9 Jul 2022

On 4 July 2022 an 8-wheel waste skip lorry ran out of control while crossing the bridge northbound and ended by crashing through the parapet on the eastern side, adjacent to Meadow Grove. The driver suffered significant but not life threatening injuries. The main structure of the bridge was not affected but the bridge was closed to traffic pending introduction of a one-way system. At the time I took this picture, the concrete barriers to enable this had been put in place, but the bridge remained closed to vehicular traffic. Cycle and pedestrian traffic is not affected as these use a dedicated foot and cycleway on the western side of the bridge, with the option of also using the main carriageway whilst this was closed to vehicles. This in itself provided the opportunity for some different views of and from the bridge. This view shows the access road to the storage area where the lorry landed https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7223147 , where a tree clearly had to be removed to allow access for emergency and recovery vehicles.

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