Fosdyke Bridge
Fosdyke Bridge carries a footpath over the River Welland (Main Line).
The Act of Parliament for the River Welland (Main Line) was passed on 17 September 1816 the same day as that of The River Foss. In his autobiography William Yates writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s

There is a bridge here which takes a major road over the canal.
| Welland - Vernatt's Drain Junction | 3 miles, ¼ furlongs | |
| Welland - Glen Junction | 2 miles, 7¾ furlongs | |
| River Welland - Lord's Drain Junction | 1 mile, 6¼ furlongs | |
| River Welland - Risegate Outfall Junction | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
| River Welland - Risegate Eau Junction | ½ furlongs | |
| Fosdyke Bridge | ||
| Fosdyke Yacht Haven | 1 furlong | |
| Welland - Whaplode River Junction | 2 miles, 1¼ furlongs | |
| River Welland - The Wash Junction | 3 miles, 5¾ furlongs | |
| River Witham - The Wash Junction | 7 miles, ½ furlongs | |
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In the direction of River Witham - The Wash Junction
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In the direction of Welland - Folly River Junction
In the direction of River Witham - The Wash Junction
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Wikipedia has a page about Fosdyke Bridge
Fosdyke is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 480. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) south from Boston, just off the A17, and 2 miles (3.2 km) east from the junction of the A17 with the A16.



![Fosdyke Bridge. Fosdyke Bridge is both the name of a bridge and of the small community that grew up around it. It is the lowest bridging point on the Welland, which is tidal not only here but all the way to Spalding.There have been many bridges here. This one, opened in 1990, is the first not to be capable of opening so ocean going vessels can go no further upstream than here. The previous bridge was a swing bridge built in 1911, with some similarities to the bridge on the Nene at Sutton Bridge ([[5157017]]). See also [[7201071]]. by Bob Harvey – 12 June 2022](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/19/94/7199454_fb02b793_120x120.jpg)
![Anti-collision beam. On the seawards side of the bridge in [[7199454]] is a large metal beam, with rubber buffers connecting it to the pier and abutment at either end. It can also be seen in [[4097521]].I can only suppose it is intended to protect the relatively lightweight road bridge from collisions (perhaps by ships who had not read the latest pilot book and did not know it could not be opened?). by Bob Harvey – 12 June 2022](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/19/96/7199632_d104fb3d_120x120.jpg)




![Big rubber buffer. The support on the north end abutment of the bridge for the anti-collision beam seen in [[7199632]]. by Bob Harvey – 12 June 2022](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/19/96/7199638_8a4190a6_120x120.jpg)











![Interpretation board. A history of the bridge at Fosdyke Bridge, including some quite remarkable photographs, which are oddly not in chronological order. We have a photograph of the non-opening portion of Bridge two at [[2241942]]. by Bob Harvey – 12 June 2022](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/20/10/7201071_8c3864d3_120x120.jpg)





![Almost there. High spring tide in fifteen minutes. Compare with the photo taken half an hour earlier [[6986725]]. The water surface is so mirror-like it creates an optical illusion effect as if the steel beams are floating in mid-air. by Ian Paterson – 09 October 2021](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/98/67/6986735_820d0f3b_120x120.jpg)
![Datestone. Datestone on the house in [[7200528]].This was the year that Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius announced a way to calculate carbon dioxide's role in planetary temperatures, and predicted global warming as a result of burning coal.I believe that the letters](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/20/05/7200531_c3c8afd6_120x120.jpg)
![Extraordinary lengths. People will go to extraordinary lengths, or in the case heights, to be entertained. Here we see a guyed mast for the TV antenna higher than the building itself.There is a datestone on the end gable, see [[7200531]].ON the 1906 OS map (Lincolnshire Sheet CXXVII.SW) this is labelled](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/20/05/7200528_aa3465ad_120x120.jpg)
