Poole's Twin Sails Bridge shuts for repairs
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The £37m bridge, which links Poole port with Hamworthy, opened in April 2012
Motorists are being warned to expect delays when one of the bridges across Poole Harbour is closed for a week for maintenance work.
Poole's Twin Sails Bridge which links the town to Hamworthy, requires work on its lifting hydraulics and electrics.
It will be shut to all road traffic, including cyclists and pedestrians on 14 March from 07:00 BST.
The Poole lifting bridge will remain open during the closure.
The crossings that span the town's busy shipping channel, prevent a six-mile drive around Holes Bay to get between Hamworthy and Poole.
The two bridges which are used by an estimated 20,000 vehicles each day, open hourly outside of rush hours for maritime traffic within 15 minutes of each other.
The lifting bridge is expected to close in the autumn for extensive repairs.
- Published20 February 2015
