Bridge in Donacster area?

"RG" <nochance> wrote in message
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I believe that somewhere in the Doncaster/S Yorks area a cycle/foot bridge
has been "strapped to the side of" an existing road bridge - does anyone
know if this is true, and if so where is it? ... and any pointers to
info on the web would be appreciated.

Thanks

RG

I live in the area and cycle about 20 miles a day but don't know of it.
There is a foot bridge strapped on to the side of a road bridge over the
river Don in Denaby Main. Actually it is now really a separate bridge -- and
is now on a side "feeder" road that leads only to the "Dearne Leisure
Centre" ( this is despite the fact that it sits alongside the major river of
the area -- the river Don -- the river Dearne is a lesser, slow flowing,
muddy stream which in earlier years was less polluted than the heavily
industrialised Don -- which, to my amazement, now has recovered to have
extensive wild life living in and around it ( I have seen snakes, voles,
lots of swans, herons, foxes etc -- and has fish galore -- even salmon has
been reported -- I suspect bought in Doncaster fish market and "caught" in
the Don!).

However there may be another bridge in the area of which I am not aware.

It is a small matter of annoyance ( which nevertheless riles immensely)
that the area is called the "Dearne Valley" ( an ad hoc political decision)
when the major river feature is actually the river Don

--
Trevor A Panther
In South Yorkshire,
England, United Kingdom.
www.tapan.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

"RG" <nochance> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I believe that somewhere in the Doncaster/S Yorks area a cycle/foot bridge
has been "strapped to the side of" an existing road bridge - does anyone
know if this is true, and if so where is it? ... and any pointers to

info

Quoted message said:

on the web would be appreciated.

Thanks

RG

I've moved up to Doncaster in July and can't say I've noticed or heard of
any such bridge. By "strapped to the side of" I take it you mean
cantilevered. A few years ago the Tamar bridge in Plymouth had sections
cantilevered on both sides, a bike path on one side and vehicle lane on the
other. The job was carried out by the Cleveland Bridge Co., who built the
bridge originally.

Dug up a doc using Google which mentioned a Doncaster bridge no. 11 built by
Cleveland, probably the North bridge since they tend to specialise in larger
bridges. Check their site. Cantilevering new lanes from existing bridges
tends to take a while tho so it should have been in the news, the Tamar job
took about 2 years and caused a lot of traffic holdups.

AT

Pinky said:

It is a small matter of annoyance ( which nevertheless riles immensely)
that the area is called the "Dearne Valley" ( an ad hoc political decision)
when the major river feature is actually the river Don

Part of it at least has been the "Dearne Valley" for a very long time -
the now long-gone Dearne Valley Railway (worked mostly by a ramshackle
railmotor from Wakefield, I believe) went back to the 1860s, ISTR.