Closure of Hardwick Forge Bridge

Hardwick Forge Bridge, that carries the U8214 unclassified road over the River Rea between Prescott and Stottesdon, will be closed from next week for accident repair work to be carried out. 

The road will be closed at the bridge on Monday 11 March 2013, and the repair work is expected to take up to two weeks to complete. 

The work, to be carried out by Ringway on behalf of Shropshire Council, includes repairs to the damaged bridge parapet, which will need to taken down and rebuilt after it was hit by a vehicle. 

Although the road will have to be closed to vehicles, access will remain for pedestrians, cyclists and horses to pass while the work is carried out. 

A signed diversion route taking traffic around through Stottesdon and Prescott will be in place.