{"id":3994,"date":"2026-07-09T12:58:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T11:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=3994"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:21:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:21:04","slug":"yet-another-footbridge-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=3994","title":{"rendered":"Yet another timber footbridge collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another section of the Ashford Lane timber footbridge has collapsed into the Jubilee River.\u00a0 The south span collapsed last year and the central span has now failed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3999\" src=\"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1176-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1176-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1176-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1176-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1176-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1176-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1176-850x567.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below &#8211; this is the Black Potts footbridge on 9\/7\/2026.\u00a0 Closed to pedestrians since June 2025 &#8211; how long before this ends up in the Jubilee River?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3997\" src=\"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1194-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1194-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1194-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1194-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1194-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1194-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1194-850x567.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some structural detail below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3945\" src=\"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9111-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9111-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9111-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9111-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9111-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9111-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9111-850x567.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A message to the Authorities:\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>You have already had a year to dismantle this failed structure!\u00a0 I suspect that you have run out of time.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another section of the Ashford Lane timber footbridge has collapsed into the Jubilee River.\u00a0 The south span collapsed last year and the central span has now failed. 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