Road reopens after notorious low bridge hit again

The bridge on the A5 has been dubbed the "most bashed" in Britain

A road was closed in Leicestershire after a lorry crashed into a bridge once dubbed the "most bashed" in Britain.

Leicestershire Police said the A5 Watling Street in Hinckley was shut from Dodwells Roundabout to Logix Road at about 10:00 BST on Thursday.

There were no reports of any injuries and National Highways said the route had reopened shortly before 14:00.

The bridge was given the label of the "most bashed" in Britain when it was hit 25 times between 2019 and 2020.

Two years ago transport body Midlands Connect analysed four occasions when the bridge was hit and found the resulting traffic delays cost the economy an estimated £126,000.

It also calculated the cost to the economy of rail delays for 10 incidents during 2019, affecting nearly 4,000 passengers, to be roughly £43,000.

Midlands Connect said regular collisions at the bridge had caused more than 4,400 hours of road delays each year, adding the real cost of bridge strikes could be significantly higher than the figure calculated.