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Poole Borough Council marked the bridge as worn out with cracks appearing in the concrete, closing it for repairs costing £4.2 million for nine months from September 2016. Both sides of the bridge will be demolished and rebuilt, it will be expected to last a further 120 years after the repairs. The
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and replaced with the third and present bridge which opened in on 11 March 1927. The opening ceremony included a blue ribbon cut by the Mayor, as well as a visit from "Father Neptune". It has seven time-tabled lifts a day and another ten unscheduled lifts for commercial boats and it is estimated to
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bridge reopened in January 2018 after many months delays and a sixteen month closure. On 15 December 2022, the bridge closed to vehicles for emergency repairs.
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at a cost of £9,612. However, the bridge had a steep gradient that caused problems for horses and in 1885 it was replaced by an iron
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for Poole, was responsible for building the first bridge in 1834. Ponsonby promoted his own
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It was privately owned and collected tolls up until 1926, when it was purchased by the
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was completed intending to operate in conjunction with the existing bridge
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The existing bridge is the third to be located on the site.
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Hamworthy Bridge

bascule bridge
Poole
Dorset
second bridge
Poole Quay
Poole Harbour
Holes Bay
A350 road
Hamworthy
William Ponsonby
Member of Parliament
Act of Parliament
toll bridge
swing bridge
Borough of Poole
"Poole Harbour Opening Bridges"
Department for Transport
the original
ISBN
1841144118
"History of Poole"
the original


"Existing Lifting Bridge"
the original
"Poole-Hamworthy Bridge"
"'Worn-out' Poole bridge to close for £4.2m repairs"

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