Bridge 2
We then drove back the way we had come and turned right at the fork in the road.A short drive later we came to what I have called "bridge 2" and is marked by a yellow marker on our Google map.Once again I believe this to be a beam bridge and once again I could be wrong,but this one is different,as it crosses the road at an angle.Again the brickwork seems sound,but the right hand side when looking north is very overgrown and it is difficult to tell its condition.
- standing on the line looking west
- note the handrail still on the bridge
- the left of the bridge looking north
- painted sign
- looking north
- sharp angle of the bridge looking north
- overgrown but still solid
- "wild ape on bridge" photo by Christine
- looking south
- looking south the other side of the bridge is harder to find
Bridge 3-Keens Bridge
This next bridge is different in that it has a name,Keens Bridge and that it is a road bridge.This one was the hardest to find(I didn't have GPS),so make sure you know where you are going or you like driving aimlessly around the Devon countryside like I do.The bridge is a solid arched structure that obviously has been well maintained,as it is still in use.Looking east from this bridge towards bridge 2,it is very hard to spot the line as all signs of it have been removed(see pic).Looking west though,you can easily make out the line,curving off into the distance,as a very overgrown hedgerow(see pic).The bridge is nicely humped and a pleasure to see and walk over.
- the bridge looking south
- the bridge looking north
- the nicely humped bridge looking south
- looking west straight down into the overgrown line
- looking east the line is very hard to spot
- the line now a hedgerow curves off west into the distance
