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Lady Bay Bridge is a road bridge of two lanes that spans the
In the morning of 4 July 2022, a lorry crashed from the bridge striking a parapet and damaging the crash barrier. The bridge was closed for repairs, with one lane reopening on 11 July 2022 following the installation of temporary concrete barriers. The driver of the lorry suffered a broken arm. There were no further injuries.
See Lady Bay Bridge on Google Street View
Bridges in Nottingham Bridges across the River Trent Bridges completed in 1878 West Bridgford {{UK-bridge-struct-stub
River Trent
The Trent is the third-longest river in the United Kingdom. Its source is in Staffordshire, on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It flows through and drains the North Midlands. The river is known for dramatic flooding after storms and ...
in West Bridgford
West Bridgford is a town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Rushcliffe in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies immediately south of the city of Nottingham, from which the River Trent divides it. Forming part of the Nott ...
, Nottingham
Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...
. It is the bridge following (downstream) from Trent Bridge
Trent Bridge Cricket Ground is a cricket ground mostly used for Test, One-Day International and county cricket located in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England, just across the River Trent from the city of Nottingham. Trent Bridge is als ...
and connects the main thoroughfare of Radcliffe Road (on the south side) with Meadow Lane (on the north side).
History
Originally, the bridge was the rail crossing for theMidland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It ama ...
from Melton Mowbray
Melton Mowbray () is a town in Leicestershire, England, north-east of Leicester, and south-east of Nottingham. It lies on the River Eye, known below Melton as the Wreake. The town had a population 27,670 in 2019. The town is sometimes pro ...
to Nottingham Station
Nottingham station, briefly known as Nottingham City and for rather longer as Nottingham Midland, is a railway station and tram stop in the city of Nottingham. It is the principal railway station of Nottingham. It is also a nodal point on the ...
(formerly known as ''Nottingham Midland''). When the Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway was abandoned in 1968, plans were made to convert the river crossing and so relieve pressure on Trent Bridge. However, these works were not complete until 1979. The bridge had a complete re-paint from July 2010 to early 2011, carried out by Nottingham-based company "Enderby Hyland". However evidence of a bridge in this area goes back as far as the Saxons who crossed in the same area. Then in the 15th century, when it was decided to build a bridge in this area, they used the original arches of Lady Bay bridge dating back to the 15th century.
In the morning of 4 July 2022, a lorry crashed from the bridge striking a parapet and damaging the crash barrier. The bridge was closed for repairs, with one lane reopening on 11 July 2022 following the installation of temporary concrete barriers. The driver of the lorry suffered a broken arm. There were no further injuries.
In popular culture
The bridge was used as the location for an East-West Berlin river crossing in the 1982 TV Series ''Smiley's People
''Smiley's People'' is a spy novel by British writer John le Carré, published in 1979. Featuring British master-spy George Smiley, it is the third and final novel of the "Karla Trilogy", following '' Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' and '' The Hon ...
'', starring Sir Alec Guinness and based on the novel by John le Carre.
See also
*List of crossings of the River Trent
This is a list of crossings of the River Trent, a major river flowing through the The Midlands, Midlands of England.
The table lists crossings that have been identified downstream from the River Sow confluence, the first major tributary on the riv ...
* Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway
References
External links
See Lady Bay Bridge on Google Street View
Bridges in Nottingham Bridges across the River Trent Bridges completed in 1878 West Bridgford {{UK-bridge-struct-stub