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Network Rail has revealed the Stonea Road bridge on the B1098 in Cambridgeshire (pictured) was the most bashed bridge in the UK. The bridge was struck 33 times in the year ending March 2022, amounting to £10,526 in unnecessary train delay and cancellation costs. The other big hitters include Lower Downs Road in Wimbledon (struck 18 times) and Harlaxton Road bridge in Lincolnshire (17 times). The latest figures come as Network Rail launches a new animation as part of its 'Wise Up, Size Up' campaign, reminding lorry drivers and haulage operators to know the height of their vehicles and choose suitable routes before they head out on journeys. The cartoon centres on three high-sided vehicles navigating a low bridge in increasingly wacky ways, from pole-vaulting over it, to tunnelling underneath it. The animation is designed to warn HGV drivers that life is not like the cartoons and to take a moment to think before taking a risk when approaching low bridges. |