Photographs of work to replace the railway bridge over Long John Hill, Norwich.  These images were taken on 16, 17, 27, 28 August, 25 September and 3 October 2016. Click on an image to see a larger version. You can then scroll through the gallery.  Photos taken by Andrew Wright.

The new bridge deck 16/8/16

16/8/16

90001 Crown Point with a train from London passes over the old bridge 16/8/16.

90001 Crown Point on the old bridge 16/8/16.

Seen from Barrrett Road. 16/8/16

View from a London train on 17/8/16.

From the train 17/8/16.

From the train 17/8/16.

Demolition about to start on Saturday afternoon. 27/8/16

Demolition about to start. 27/8/16.

Demolition underway - seen from Long John Hill south of the bridge at 14:50 on 27/8/16

Demolition 27/8/16

Demolition 27/8/16

Demolition 27/8/16

Demolition 27/8/16

Less than 3 hours later... 27/8/16.

Reduced to rubble. 27/6/16.

From Barrett Road... 27/8/16.

One lorry load of rubble departs...27/8/16.

...an empty lorry arrives. 27/8/16.

The new bridge deck is on a self propelled trailer...

...which will move forward and lift the deck into place.

Long John Hill looking south. 27/8/16.

Sunday 28/8/16 and the new bridge is in place.

28/8/16.

The clear up continues...28/8/16.

From Barrett Road...28/8/16.

The new bridge in place...28/8/16.

The trailer has done its job...28/8/16.

28/8/16

28/8/16

28/8/16

Tuesday 30 August - The bridge is open to rail traffic. 90034 can just be seen leaving the bridge.

The view from the south. 30/8/16.

The 1300 service to London crosses the bridge. 30/8/16.

25/9/16 - Still closed to road traffic but only final reinstatement works to be completed. View from the south.

25/9/16 - View from the north. But why is the bridge headroom 3.1m on this side and 2.9m on the other (previous image)?

25/9/16 - Another view from the north.

25/9/16.

3/10/16 - The bridge is open. View from the south.

3/10/16 - View from the north and the bridge headroom sign has been changed!