Bridge Name: | Somerleyton Swing Bridge |
Carries: | Wherry railway line |
Crosses: | River Waveney |
Locale: | Somerleyton, Suffolk, England |
Maint: | Network Rail[1] [2] |
Design: | Swing bridge |
Width: | 54feet |
Below: | 8.5feet |
Num Track: | 2 |
Track Gauge: | 1435mm |
Inaugurated: | 1905 |
Replaces: | Previous single-track bridge |
Coordinates: | 52.5124°N 1.6469°W |
Somerleyton Swing Bridge is a railway swing bridge over the River Waveney on the Norfolk-Suffolk border.
It was built in 1905 to carry the double tracked Norwich to Lowestoft Line over the river, replacing a previous single tracked bridge.[3] It is 400m (1,300feet) west of Somerleyton railway station and near the Suffolk village of Somerleyton. It is one of only four remaining railway swing bridges crossing rivers in The Broads.