Gloucester Road

4955 passes under the original Gloucester Road bridge. Patchway Tunnel Signal Box can just be glimpsed through the smoke produced by the loco. © Gerald Peacock

The A38 now crosses the railway on a new bridge. The original bridge is alongside.

The underpass that runs alongside the railway and under the bridges. The view towards the Patchway Tunnels.

Standing between the new bridge and the old bridge, looking at the new bridge.

The view through the bridges of the path as it rises up to road level.

Looking through the bridges at Patchway Tunnel. This shot gives a good idea as to how close they are to the A38 Gloucester Rd.

A rather contrasty shot of the original Gloucester Rd road bridge. The road was extended at one point and the concrete supports for the wider road deck can clearly be seen.

A view of the other side of this bridge again showing the extensions.

Looking back where we've just walked through. The footpath literally dives under the roads and climbs back up the other side.

A maintenance stairway at the side of the bridges.

The bridge had a scaffold structure alongside which was to become a temporary pedestrian bridge as the road bridge was rebuilt and strengthened.

10 months later and the temporary structure is in use.

The road bridge is also covered in scaffolding.

A view along the top of the bridge.

A view towards Patchway Tunnels from the bridge.