Bridgend is a town of many bridges, about a dozen from Wildmill to Newbridge fields, and several of them were "Bailey" bridges.
Cheap and easy to construct, the Bailey Bridge was invented as a rapid deployment option for wartime, and many were left over and used across the country as a cost effective solution to post-war town-planning issues.
As a temporary solution, they stood up remarkably well, some in Bridgend are still in use as footbridges (Brewery Lane and Newbridge Fields), but most have been replaced now, this being one of them.
It was once possible to drive over the Bailey Bridge here in your Austin 7, and turn right down the lane to the Tennis Club, which opened in 1914.
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The Little Bridges series was started by Stanthews in 2009 to highlight small footbridges in remote parts of Wiltshire. Since then the series has been expanded by others all over the country and starting to spread fast. There is a stats listing, so you can see how many Little Bridges you have found, you can find it here:- www.littlebridgesseries.co.uk. https://www.littlebridgesseries.co.uk If you would like to add to the series, please contact us via the Little Bridges website with your caching name, name of your Little Bridge and the GC code and we will give you a number for your bridge. To qualify, the bridge must be a foot bridge too small for vehicles, please make sure your title exactly matches "Little Bridges # xxxx then the name" including spaces so it will get picked up and added to stats list.
The cache here is a 50ml tube, checking shoelaces should work, or sit down for a breather, please be stealthy.
If you park in the leisure centre car park, pop in and enter your registration into the system for a free hour.