Talk:Pig Bridge

Today's puzzle. There is a small stone plaque on the south side of Pig Bridge (visible on the left hand pier when travelling towards Bridgnorth) with a date 30/4/15. I can't see any reason it would be 2015, so presumably is is 1915. However georeferenced maps have a bridge there in the late 1890s, although it appears that it only led to a footpath as the farm was not built at that stage. So was the bridge rebuilt in 1915, or is there some other reason? --Robin (talk) 19:43, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

I have since noticed similar dates on the nearby Accommodation bridge near Crossing Cottage and on Arley Station Bridge, the latter I think being 3/1/15. All can be seen in the same relative position, on the arch to the left when travelling north, although being small they are not easy to read or photograph from a passing train. Maybe the GWRGreat Western Railway carried out a programme of bridge refurbishments in 1915, although I have not seen it mentioned in Marshall or any of the other histories.--Robin (talk) 15:44, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

I would expect the bridges to be original, given that they are built for double track; I can't imagine the GWRGreat Western Railway deciding to (re)build them to that standard at a later date. Of course, that doesn't preclude a refurbishment that left the general structure intact. --Danny252 (talk) 09:02, 28 July 2017 (UTC)