Bawbee Bridge | |
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 Bawbee Bridge in 2008 | |
| Coordinates | 56°11′33.13″N3°0′10.83″W / 56.1925361°N 3.0030083°W Coordinates: 56°11′33.13″N3°0′10.83″W / 56.1925361°N 3.0030083°W |
| Carries | A955 |
| Crosses | River Leven, Levenmouth rail link |
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Bawbee Bridge is a bridge connecting Leven and Methil in Levenmouth, Fife, Scotland.
A new bridge, built at a cost of £200,000, was opened in 1958. [1]
In 2022, it was confirmed that the bridge would be rebuilt at an expected cost of £8 million as part of the Levenmouth rail link project. The new Leven railway station will be situated underneath the bridge. The structure had deteriorated due to chlorine contamination and corrosion and had an 18-tonne weight restriction in place. [2]
In 2022, the bridge was reduced to one lane of traffic to allow Openreach to divert cables. [3] In March 2023, construction of a temporary bridge began. When completed in May, traffic will be diverted over it to allow Bawbee Bridge to be replaced. [4]
The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a 393-mile long (632 km) electrified railway between its southern terminus at London King's Cross station and Edinburgh Waverley via Peterborough, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle. The line is a key transport artery on the eastern side of Great Britain running broadly parallel to the A1 road. The main line acts as a 'spine' for several diverging branches, serving destinations such as Cambridge, Leeds, Hull, Sunderland and Lincoln, all with direct services to London. In addition, a few ECML services extend beyond Edinburgh to serve Glasgow Central, although the principal London-Glasgow route is the West Coast Main Line (WCML).
Methil is an eastern coastal town in Scotland. It was first recorded as "Methkil" in 1207, and belonged to the Bishop of St Andrews. Two Bronze Age cemeteries have been discovered which date the settlement as over 8,000 years old. Famous for its High Street having the most pubs per mile in Scotland, it was part of its own barony in 1614 and also part of the former burgh of Buckhaven and Methil. This burgh existed between 1891 and 1975. It is situated within a continuous urban area described as Levenmouth.
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Levenmouth is a conurbation comprising a network of settlements on the north side of the Firth of Forth, in Fife on the east coast of Scotland. It consists of three principal coastal towns; Leven, Buckhaven, and Methil, and a number of villages and hamlets inland. The industrial towns of Buckhaven and Methil lie on the west bank of the River Leven, and the resort town of Leven is on the east bank. The "Bawbee Bridge" links the two sides of the river. Historically, Buckhaven and Methil were joined together as one burgh, while Leven was separate. The area had an estimated population of 37,238 in 2006.
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