On Sat, 12 Sep 2020 01:16:35 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/decaying-bridge-fiasco-turns-poor-old-britain-into-a-laughing-stock-6dk0v0kxq?shareToken=76eeb8b2981b588355186d6745344 a0c

I haven't used the bridge for a good few years but there always used
to be one link in the supporting "chains" that had been reinforced. I
believe it was a result of the first attempt by the IRA to blow the
bridge up.