Oldgroaners Phone&Compact

By Oldgroaner

A very wobbly bridge!

This is an early mainly wooden suspension bridge, not ten miles from the mighty Humber Bridge, in Lincolnshire over the River Ancholme and called after the village it is near Horkstow Bridge
The  deck is of planks with large gaps you can see through and amazingly it is still rated a 3 tons maximum, but wobbled under the weight of myself and my Scooter.. it was built in 1836 and still in use 184 years later, not bad considering it is made of wood with wrought iron suspension chains. 
Details on this link:Horkstow Bridge
See also the other image of my scooter on the Bridge. The deck was actually moving as I  walked around.
Well worth a visit

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