Reedham Swing Bridge

{{short description|Double-track railway swing bridge in United Kingdom}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}

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| carries = Wherry railway line

| crosses = River Yare

| locale = Reedham, Norfolk, England

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| maint = Network Rail{{cite web |url=https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-routes/anglia/improving-the-railway-in-anglia/swing-bridge-renewals/ |title=Swing bridge renewals |author= |date= |website=www.networkrail.co.uk |publisher= |access-date=26 March 2023 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/boating/navigating-the-broads/bridge-heights-and-opening-times |title=Bridge heights and openings |author= |date= |website=www.broads-authority.gov.uk |publisher= |access-date=26 March 2023 |quote=}}

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| inaugurated = 1903

| replaces = Single-track swing bridge of 1840s

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Reedham Swing Bridge, on the site of a Victorian swing bridge, is still in use at Reedham, Norfolk, England.{{Cite episode |title= Great Yarmouth to Beccles |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0196y72 |accessdate= 2012-01-02 |series=Great British Railway Journeys |network= BBC |station= BBC Two|airdate= 2012-01-02 |series-no= 3 |number= 1 }}

It carries the Wherry railway line, between Norwich and Lowestoft, across the River Yare near Reedham railway station.

The original single track bridge was commissioned by Sir Samuel Morton Peto in the 1840s to allow the passage of wherry boats, which were too tall to pass under conventional bridges. The current bridge dates from 1902 to 1903 prior to the doubling of the track.{{Cite book|title=The Lowestoft Train: The Railway at Lowestoft and Scenes on the Lines to Norwich, Ipswich and Great Yarmouth|last=White|first=Malcolm R.|date=2002|publisher=Coastal Publications|isbn=9780953248568|location=Lowestoft|language=en}}The Lowestoft Train by Malcolm R White

The bridge is operated from the 1904 Reedham Swing Bridge signal box. In a typical year, it is opened 1,300 times.