Shoreham toll bridge.

[BensGrandad]

With the recent disaster and the gathering I do not wish to sound irreverant but is this bridge still in daily operation. I remember as a young lad it was the only alternative road route to Shoreham other than the Norfolk Bridge and was manned by 1 man each way collecting tolls. If so where are the access points now and can you still drive over it on a normal day.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

By foot only, opposite Red Lion

 

[BensGrandad]

Does it join up a main road or just stop?

 

[theboybilly]

At the eastern end it joins the old railway line (now the Downs Link) so only accessible from there or by crossing the road from the Red Lion. The western end approach is from that part of the Old Shoreham Road that runs past the main gate to the Ricardo factory. As has been said it's a pedestrian-only bridge.

 

[Bromley shrimp]

With the recent disaster and the gathering I do not wish to sound irreverant but is this bridge still in daily operation. I remember as a young lad it was the only alternative road route to Shoreham other than the Norfolk Bridge and was manned by 1 man each way collecting tolls. If so where are the access points now and can you still drive over it on a normal day.

It was a manner and manned by BR man in peaked cap. Dates to 1700's but bike and foot only since by pass was built.

 

[Bromley shrimp]

Tanner not Manner word spell!

 

[Goldstone1976]

It's been pedestrian-only since at least 1976, no? Or, more accurately perhaps, was pedestrian-only between 76 and 81. Unless my memory is badly off...

 

[Westdene Seagull]

It's been pedestrian-only since at least 1976, no? Or, more accurately perhaps, was pedestrian-only between 76 and 81. Unless my memory is badly off...

1970 according to Wiki ( yes, I know ! ) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoreham_Tollbridge

 

[Boroseagull]

It was a manner and manned by BR man in peaked cap. Dates to 1700's but bike and foot only since by pass was built.

Seem to remember it was 2d. for the toll.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

It's been pedestrian-only since at least 1976, no? Or, more accurately perhaps, was pedestrian-only between 76 and 81. Unless my memory is badly off...

It was refurbished in 2008, reopened by the Duke of York. It is only wide enough for cyclists and pedestrians. You can see the rails on the Shoreham side as you get to the bridge.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Seem to remember it was 2d. for the toll.

6d for a car & 2d for motorbikes (I was reading the plaque yesterday)

 

[skipper734]

The Toll Bridge closed to motorised traffic on 7 December 1970.

 

[theboybilly]

Out of interest (I've only been a resident of Shoreham since 1999) what did the set-up at each end look like in day gone by? As it stands now if you could drive off the western end you would have a t-junction to negotiate (right to the mini roundabout, left to Steyning) or did the road have priority and go straight past St. Nicholas' church? This area must have changed quite a bit since they closed the railway. The level crossing must've complicated things too

 

[Bromley shrimp]

6d for a car & 2d for motorbikes (I was reading the plaque yesterday)

Thank you. I knew it was a tanner for cars but goodness knows how as we never owned 1.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

By foot only, opposite Red Lion

And bike

 

[Boroseagull]

6d for a car & 2d for motorbikes (I was reading the plaque yesterday)

Ah yes from my BSA & Velocette days!

 

[LamieRobertson]

6d for a car & 2d for motorbikes (I was reading the plaque yesterday)

Or nothing if you worked at Ricardos..my Dad worked there for years ..and on his day off if we went that way we would have to hide in the back of the car to avoid paying

 

[Everest]

Out of interest (I've only been a resident of Shoreham since 1999) what did the set-up at each end look like in day gone by? As it stands now if you could drive off the western end you would have a t-junction to negotiate (right to the mini roundabout, left to Steyning) or did the road have priority and go straight past St. Nicholas' church? This area must have changed quite a bit since they closed the railway. The level crossing must've complicated things too

Eastern end you mean.

Aerial view in 1946 (click pic to enlarge)
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/geography/researchprojects/sussexairphotos/1940/17-5073.jpg

More views of the area
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/geography/r...index.html?COL=5+ROW=8+ZOOM=d+GPSX=-1+GPSY=-1

 

[Greg Bobkin]

And bike

And Motorbike (although I don't think the one that passed me as I ran across it a while back was strictly allowed to do so...

 

[Bill Cassidy's tie up]

Incredible to believe that double decker buses used to go across