Abandoned Bridge To Nowhere - A120 Colchester Essex 

i hate to break it to but there is new plans for 10k houses

Yup, grew up there. Go under it every time I visit my folks - no idea!

I only worked it out with Google earth tracing the sliproad back because the lay-by looks like a slip road not a lay-by.

But if you are going along the road and under it you’d just think it’s another crossover. Most using these roads have no idea what is going over or under them

I only moved harwich few years back and I've never noticed! I'm gonna look next time

Scary perhaps, but I'm not certain most people really need to know about it, it doesn't really affect you whether it's in use or not if you just drive under it...

Yes, if only had the local councils in charge of infrastructure ( so they make sure all of these things covered ) instead of giving the Private Sector free rein to do what they want !!!!! Ah, yes, i forgot , we used to until the 1980s , when the Tories took away all that power . P.S. They didn't like local councils - because they were mainly Labour . Still , you get what you vote for !!!!!!

you mean junction 1 of the M49 near avonmouth?

@@oscarzt1652 or historically, M1 junction 33, now the main access for central Sheffield and Rotherham, which connected to absolutely nothing for the first 10 years of its life (that part of the motorway opened around 1967, but the Sheffield Parkway extension and Rotherway wouldn't come until 1976/77)

@@oscarzt1652 That’s exactly what I was about to say.

Exit 4 on CT-11, just outside of Colchester, Connecticut?

A dark thought but I'm sure it's also been used by the odd one or two who never intended to reach the other side of it.

Used by walkers: Yes! It's even been a picnic venue.

Mmm, bit expensive though for a hiking trail I’m sure there’s plenty of other places to go hiking without having to cost so much money for its upkeep, like your post though and making use of it, my gripe is that amount of money being wasted when I’m sure there’s many other projects that could do with financial help in your area, ps my wife’s and my holidays are structured around her wanting to walk greenways and get away from hustle and bustle so I fully understand why you use it, nice reply to Jon

@@johnmehaffey9953 I don't know why it didn't occur to me, but I had absolutely no idea so much was being spent to maintain this bridge. If it has to go, I'll be very sad, but I totally understand.

Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time For y'all have knocked her up. I have tasted the maggots in the mind of the universe I was not offended For I knew I had to rise above it all Or drown in my own shit.

Good to see you again :D

why is this called a bridge and not a viaduct? I thought a bridge crosses water. Im dutch, but we use the word viaduct for these kinds of structures.

That is interesting... what sort of stuff do you need to inspect that's hiding in the bushes?

hmm, dutch wikipedia page about viaduct says that i am right. A viaduct is something that goes over a road or railway or valley. A bridge goes over water. BUT the english wikipedia page about viaduct says im wrong. Funny, never knew this

@@bertjesklotepino for highways, we call multi span bridges viaducts. They are typically more than four spans.

@@AutoShenanigans typically culverts, but also retaining walls. Although we’ve got maps, sometimes all you have to go off is a previous photo (usually surrounded by greenery) and a marker post chainage. A machete would be incredibly helpful, but we’re not allowed :(

Is that the old Bridge over the train line between Hatfield peveral and Boreham on the A12? I see that daily on my drive to and from work

and twinkle little star and old king cole(chester)

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At the A50 exit Beekbergen/Hoenderloo there's 2 bridges next to each other and only 1 is used. The second one is tarmac'd and all but not connected to any infrastructure. It isn't for wildlife because is near the wildlife viaduct Woeste Hoeve and too close to the other viaduct for wildlife to use it.

Ahh but we leave them there just in case.

It's all about money for developers and back handers for planning that's all it's about.

There actually is a road thing called "driving the first 99" which involves driving the full length of every road from A1-A99, and some people are seriously trying to do it.

Or in the case of military purchasing, why buy one hundred when you can have fifty for twice the cost?

A12 Hatfield to Marks Tey is being widened from next year I believe. Once that’s completed I’m lead to believe the A120 will be completed, but will link up with the A12 somewhere near Kelvedon from Braintree. The Garden City he he spoke of was originally being built near Marks Tey but that got dashed. I guess they’ve decided the other side of Colchester..

Be good for the A12 to be widened to continue on coping with more traffic in Essex. And the A12 in Suffolk also to be upgraded to dual carriageway from A14 east of Ipswich to Lowestoft with a new road to link with Sizewell C. Not to mention the A47 to be upgraded to dual carriageway in sections that are single carriageway in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.

@@Andrewjg_89 I live in Ipswich. I dont think they’ll widen to copdock. They want to by-pass copdock interchange tho, with a spur and a fly-over for Felixstowe bound. That would help immensely! I sense sizewell will fall through! Boris’ wasnt it?! 🥱

Yep. Copdock Interchange is such a stupid junction south of Ipswich. And yes a flyover would be ideal for traffic including HGVs travelling towards the Port of Felixstowe whether it'll happen or not.

@@Andrewjg_89 it’s all about funding I guess. Our council have some plans for it. Just not enough money right now probably?! Imagine how many improvements could’ve been made nationwide instead of 37 BILLION pound on a useless app. 🤮

I know. They cater for those with a short attention span.

You should be on the stage mate, there's one leaving in an hour.

That's what councils do best....

People in London will tell you it's totally fine. Everyone else knows better... the public transport network is massively flawed, underfunded and basically not fit for purpose. If I wanted to commute to the nearest big town, It'd take around 2 hours using a taxi and 2 busses. Or I can drive there in 25/30 mins.

@@AutoShenanigans what about trains between major destinations? Say, from London to Liverpool. Are they any good?

Wivenhoe to Ipswich once took me 3 hours

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Really... interesting... so... how does it work, do you just get told to design "this road from A to B"

@@AutoShenanigans you'd think a desktop study would have capture all that but not always common sense prevails, multiple times I found that highway authorities don't actually hold historical records (so call as builts) but then you end up finding them on the records of other statutory undertakers, I.e. Water board, network rail, etc. Most times its also not of the best interest to reuse infrastructure that is already halfway past its lifespan as cost is not really an issue since highway improvements are funded by the developers under a section 278 agreement. A popular way local authorities and national highways fund their network improvements, that's why newbuids in the UK are so expensive, only a fraction of the price tag relates to the actual house itself, developers have to fund additional affordable housing via special. Payment contributions they have to fund surface water management via SABS application and of course ensure the extra traffic caused by the development is mitigated by the improvements to the local road network via the aforementioned section 278.

From the sounds of it, it's very likely going to happen :D