Grantham gets new railway bridge

Barrowby Road railway bridge was replaced in 30 hours in 1955 and was described as the most delicate structural engineering job the town had seen.
The contract, which cost £10,000, began with the railway lines being torn up and the old bridge cut and removed by two giant cranes.
The cranes were soon lifting replacement steelwork into place.
The Grantham-Nottingham road was closed for 12 hours while trains were either diverted or halted at Nottingham where passengers continued their journeys by bus.