On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:20:06 -0800 (PST), Andy Dingley wrote:

I remember one collapsing in the 1966 floods. An archer was
employed by
teh GPO to get a line across for to pull telephone cables across.
A
bailey bridge was built quickly by the military to replace it, and
I
think it's still in use.

Langwathby, near Penrith. 1968 I think, and I drove over it only a few
years ago.

Correct, and that "temporary" girder bridge is it is still there. It
was closed for a while on Thursday/Friday.

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Cheers
Dave.