Weymouth: Repairs to shut town's lifting bridge for 10 weeks

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Weymouth: Repairs to shut town's lifting bridge for 10 weeks
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The bridge in Weymouth will close to traffic from 25 September until the end of November.

Repairs to a seaside town's lifting bridge will see it shut for 10 weeks.

Dorset Council said the work was needed to stop water soaking through the deck damaging the 93-year-old bridge.A signed diversion will be in place for traffic. Pedestrians will be able to cross on one side of the bridge during the works.The bridge has over 2,700 welds attaching the steel deck plates to the bridge beams

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