Low Bridges

[Richard E]

Stonea is signed at 7' 0".

[Joseph_Pestell]

Well, I really did think that 5'6 would be the lowest but it is only the bronze medallist.

 

I'm surprised that the health & safety people haven't insisted on some foam rubber to protect folks' heads.

[PhilJ W]

SWML near the Bishton Flyover- there was a gated crossing controlled by a 'box ther, but I'm not sure if the box has been replaced during the ongoing resignalling. Here's a link to a photo on Google Earth, which seems to suggest the clearance is only 5'9"

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Bishton+Rd,+Llanwern,+Newport+NP18+2DN/@51.5796737,-2.8739712,3a,60y,301.35h,89.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swL4Vi59bdg480ODelt4l8Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x4871e6217aa45837:0xc9a2a558b39c54e6?hl=en I've driven under it once, in the Picasso, and it seemed very tight.

I notice the Google Earth car didn't go under the bridge.

 

Burcott Road in Hereford is my nomination in this category. The picture below is not the best, (I need to re-scan it at some time), but the sign states 5'-0" clearance and the width is only just enough to fit a car in, and from the side in the photo, it is not a straight approach. The line over the top was originally the main line from Barton to Barrs Court Junction, but in later years was only a siding into Wiggins. At the time of the photo it had not been used for years. 

 

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Paul J.

 

Edited to correct an important spelling mistake.

I can imagine a Chelsea Tractor getting stuck in there.

[SM42]

The Google car went under the 10 footer on Station Rd, Singleton on the Blackpool line. Some interesting effects there when you try to spin the view around.

 

I feel a bit seasick now.

 

Andy

[Dagworth]

Burcott Road in Hereford is my nomination in this category. The picture below is not the best, (I need to re-scan it at some time), but the sign states 5'-0" clearance and the width is only just enough to fit a car in, and from the side in the photo, it is not a straight approach. The line over the top was originally the main line from Barton to Barrs Court Junction, but in later years was only a siding into Wiggins. At the time of the photo it had not been used for years. 

 

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Paul J.

 

Edited to correct an important spelling mistake.

Now gone  https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.0669592,-2.7174412,3a,75y,343.48h,60.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slQEPU_N1lZFOX_OWOFs22Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[luckymucklebackit]

Thanks to all who replied to my OP, very interesting to see the VERY low examples that put the bridge in Dumbarton into context

 

Cheers

 

Jim

[47137]

At Atherstone, the bridge taking the WCML over Old Watling Street is signed as 6'9".

 

It certainly felt claustrophobic in the Mazda with the roof open. Noisy too.

 

Sorry if this is too late for your survey.

 

- Richard.

[Swindon 123]

Now gone  https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.0669592,-2.7174412,3a,75y,343.48h,60.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slQEPU_N1lZFOX_OWOFs22Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Yes, the deck was removed 2 or 3 years ago It's still a daunting passage though it as you can see from the google image it is not much room for the average family car today.

 

Paul J.

[peanuts]

seem to remember there is an 8ft briidge close to Walsden station on the rochdale - littleboro line  

[Talltim]

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[TheSignalEngineer]

There's a 7 foot one at Berkswell station on the Coventry side. I think that's main line enough. I don't know the height of the one next to the level crossing in Coundon Road.

[newbryford]

SWML near the Bishton Flyover- there was a gated crossing controlled by a 'box ther, but I'm not sure if the box has been replaced during the ongoing resignalling. Here's a link to a photo on Google Earth, which seems to suggest the clearance is only 5'9"

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Bishton+Rd,+Llanwern,+Newport+NP18+2DN/@51.5796737,-2.8739712,3a,60y,301.35h,89.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swL4Vi59bdg480ODelt4l8Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x4871e6217aa45837:0xc9a2a558b39c54e6?hl=en I've driven under it once, in the Picasso, and it seemed very tight.

 

From the other side. January 2015

 

 

 

Cheers,

Mick

[BG John]

From the other side. January 2015

 

Bishton 1.jpg

 

Bishton 2.jpg

 

Cheers,

Mick

Looking back at the other side, there doesn't seem to be a height warning sign directing drivers of high vehicles (or tall pedestrians!) to use the level crossing.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5795327,-2.8731071,3a,75y,301.31h,75.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHa3ly2Ds-b27nQmW2aaq0g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

[newbryford]

Looking back at the other side, there doesn't seem to be a height warning sign directing drivers of high vehicles (or tall pedestrians!) to use the level crossing.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5795327,-2.8731071,3a,75y,301.31h,75.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHa3ly2Ds-b27nQmW2aaq0g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

 

I certainly remember a few signs whilst driving up from the main road. I breathed in and ducked in my seat when I drove under it... (coincidentally in a Ford Fiesta as per my pic)

 

Cheers,

Mick

[Dagworth]

Looking back at the other side, there doesn't seem to be a height warning sign directing drivers of high vehicles (or tall pedestrians!) to use the level crossing.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5795327,-2.8731071,3a,75y,301.31h,75.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHa3ly2Ds-b27nQmW2aaq0g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

take a step back and the sign appears!

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5794579,-2.8729126,3a,15y,292.69h,89.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXeB4BfTbZtxhEmKznaIlQA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

 

Andi

[newbryford]

take a step back and the sign appears!

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5794579,-2.8729126,3a,15y,292.69h,89.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXeB4BfTbZtxhEmKznaIlQA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

 

Andi

 

And a warning at the main road from the southern side.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5700918,-2.8683787,3a,75y,143.66h,103.89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stRfdg0mSexXEbzEUF_j_iw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

 

Cheers,

Mick

[SM42]

There's a 7 foot one at Berkswell station on the Coventry side. I think that's main line enough. I don't know the height of the one next to the level crossing in Coundon Road.

 

6' 8" apparently for Coundon Rd.

 

Andy

[Gwiwer]

I'd like to enter Coppermill Lane across London's Hackney Marshes between Walthamstow and Clapton for entry into the 5-foot club.  This one is a mere 5-feet-nothing and on a popular cycle route where I used to have my chin on the handlebar to get under safely; most cyclists get off and walk through for fear of clipping the ironwork.

 

It's not a main road but it is a through road and it passes beneath the GE main line from Liverpool Street towards Cambridge.

 

The image is necessarily fuzzy because the Goggle-car was unable to go under and has turned in the adjacent bay provided for such moves at rail height and to the left.  

 

I do not own copyright of this Google image; the watermark has been applied by my hosting site by default.  It's too big to upload directly to RMweb.

 

[BG John]

take a step back and the sign appears!

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5794579,-2.8729126,3a,15y,292.69h,89.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXeB4BfTbZtxhEmKznaIlQA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

 

Andi

That's interesting, as the date of the image varies as you "drive" along the road. It changed between 2012, 2011, and 2009. It's there in July 2012, but not there in March 2011!

[The Stationmaster]

I certainly remember a few signs whilst driving up from the main road. I breathed in and ducked in my seat when I drove under it... (coincidentally in a Ford Fiesta as per my pic)

 

Cheers,

Mick

 

It definitely used to be signed from the Llanwern works side (shortest route to a decent chippy and a nice pub from my then place of work, some 40 odd years ago).  The Mini would go underneath but our workabus had to use the level crossing.