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The bridge which takes the north-eastern end of Lower Oldfield Park under the G.W. Railway has a headroom currently limited to 4 metres.

It might be possible to lower the road saurface so as to gain some additional headroom - but the area is low-lying and was previously prone to flooding, also adjacent properties have rights of access onto the road (Lower Oldfield Park), so there is a practical limit to how much the surface level could be altered. The option of raising the main London - Bristol railway line can be discounted because of the enormous cost involved and there is little scope for replacing the overbridge structure with a shallower section to increase the available headroom.

 

Looking south	Looking north (Composite picture)

Upper Weston Hospitals Lansdown (P+R) Larkhall Batheaston, Bathford Newbridge (P+R) Western Riverside  City Centre Circle Churchill Bridge ( Lambridge P+R?) Bathampton Twerton Oldfield Park Bear Flat Bathwick University (P+R) Whiteway Southdown Odd Down (P+R) Combe Down

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