Reedham Swing Bridge, on the site of a Victorian

swing bridge A swing bridge (or swing span bridge) is a movable bridge that can be rotated horizontally around a vertical axis. It has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, usually at or near to its center of gravit ...

, is still in use at

Reedham, Norfolk Reedham is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the English county of Norfolk and within The Broads. It is on the north bank of the River Yare, east of the city of Norwich, south-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and the ...

, England. It carries the Wherry railway line, between Norwich and Lowestoft, across the River Yare near Reedham railway station. The original single track bridge was commissioned by Sir Samuel Morton Peto in the 1840s to allow the passage of

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boats, which were too tall to pass under conventional bridges. The current bridge dates from 1902 to 1903 prior to the doubling of the track.The Lowestoft Train by Malcolm R White The bridge is operated from the 1904 Reedham Swing Bridge signal box. In a typical year, it is opened 1,300 times.

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{{Commons category, position=left Bridges completed in the 1840s Bridges completed in 1903 Swing bridges in England Railway bridges in Norfolk