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Railway Bridge

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Materials Steel
Construction started2022-02-17 19:09:00
Locations Riga
CrossDaugava
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Date of Upd.
ID3455637
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The Railway Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Daugava river in Riga, the capital of Latvia. The first iron railway bridge in Riga, over 600 ftm long, was erected in 1871–1872 for the Riga–Jelgava Railway.

Lorry strikes railway bridge and sheds paint over road

Apr 12,2022 4:10 am

A road was closed for About 12 hours after a lorry struck a bridge and shed a " substantial amount" of paint.

National Highways said the HGV hit the Watling Street Railway Bridge on the A5 between the A47 and the M69 in Hinckley, Leicestershire, at about 23:30 BST on Friday.

The Road was closed while debris was cleared and reopened at about 11:30 BST on Saturday.

The Agency added that no-one was injured.

A National Highways spokesperson said: " A substantial amount of paint needed to be removed from the carriageway.

" The Bridge needed structural assessment. "

In 2020, The Bridge the " most bashed" in Britain after being struck 25 times in a year.

At The Time , Network Rail said there was an average of five Railway Bridge crashes per day nationally, with repairs costing an average of £13,000 per strike.



Source of news: bbc.com

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