Bawbee Bridge is a

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connecting

Leven Leven may refer to: People * Leven (name), list of people with the name Nobility * Earl of Leven a title in the Peerage of Scotland Placenames * Leven, Fife, a town in Scotland * Leven, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village in England * Leven sta ...

and

Methil Methil (Scottish Gaelic: Meadhchill) is an eastern coastal town in Scotland. It was first recorded as "Methkil" in 1207, and belonged to the Bishop of St Andrews. Two Bronze Age cemeteries have been discovered which date the settlement as ov ...

Levenmouth Levenmouth is a conurbation comprising a network of settlements on the north side of the Firth of Forth, in Fife on the east coast of Scotland. It consists of three principal coastal towns; Leven, Buckhaven, and Methil, and a number of villages a ...

Fife Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i ...

, Scotland.

History

A new bridge, built at a cost of £200,000, was opened in 1958. In 2022, it was confirmed that the bridge would be rebuilt at an expected cost of £8 million as part of the

Levenmouth rail link The Levenmouth rail link (also called the Leven rail link) is a planned scheme to re-open of railway line in Fife, Scotland. The link will connect the town of Leven, Fife, Leven and other settlements in the Levenmouth conurbation with Thornton ...

project. The new Leven railway station will be situated underneath the bridge. The structure had deteriorated due to chlorine contamination and corrosion and had an 18-tonne weight restriction in place. In 2022, the bridge was reduced to one lane of traffic to allow

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to divert cables. In March 2023, construction of a temporary bridge began. When completed in May, traffic will be diverted over it to allow Bawbee Bridge to be replaced.{{Cite web , date=2023-03-23 , title=Temporary bridge will minimise Leven traffic disruption , url=https://scotlandsrailway.com/news/temporary-bridge-will-minimise-leven-traffic-disruption , access-date=2023-03-26 , website=Scotlands Railway

References

Bridges in Fife Road bridges in Scotland Former toll bridges in Scotland Levenmouth