Swinton (S Yorks) footbridge closure

[casual onion]

Does anyone know what's happening to the footbridge at Swinton? The steps have been closed for a month or so now, with the ramps remaining open.

Are there plans to refurbish or replace it?

 

[Killingworth]

Does anyone know what's happening to the footbridge at Swinton? The steps have been closed for a month or so now, with the ramps remaining open.

Are there plans to refurbish or replace it?

It certainly needs major attention to severe corrosion damage. I pictured it in October 2022 and on a more recent visit it looked worse.

 

[Peterthegreat]

I think the steps have been closed for around 3 months now. Despite the posters claiming work is underway nothing appears to have been done.

 

[GardenRail]

That's what happens when rock salt is poured on a metal bridge in winter.

 

[D6130]

I have noticed similarly bad corrosion damage on some steel footbridges at stations in Scotland. Dalgety Bay and Leuchars come to mind.

 

[Mugby]

This is a problem which will be increasingly prevalent all over the network in the not too distant future. Many of these structures cost a million pounds or more to design, fabricate and install and it's becoming clear that their lifespan will be no more than about 30 years.
The concept is completely wrong, box section steel is just not suitable for structures such as these, as the evidence shows, it will rust away in no time at all.

There doesn't seem to be any problem with the cast iron structures which most of the pre-grouping companies built well over a century ago!