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Network Rail Has Completed Work To Refurbish Portway Railway Bridge In Frome, With The Road Under The Bridge Now Open Again. The Bridge, Built In The 1970S, Has Been Strengthened To Prevent Faults Developing In The Future. With The Work Now Complete, The A362 That Runs Under The Has Reopened To All Traffic. Additional Steel Has Been Installed On The Underside Of The Bridge To More Efficiently Distribute The Weight Of Trains, Which Are Now Faster And Run More Frequently Than When The Bridge Was Built. The Bridge Has Also Been Grit-Blasted, Repainted And New Anti-Collision Markings Have Been Added. The Work Is The Latest In A Series Of Projects Completed Over The Past Year To Ensure Bridges Across The West Remain Safe Long Into The Future. Vaheesan Maheswaran, Network Rail Lead Portfolio Manager, Said: We Thank People Living In And Around Frome For Their Patience While We Completed Our Work. ItS Essential All Our Bridges Are Fit For A Modern Railway And This Work Will Keep Passengers And Road Users Safe For Decades To Come. Passengers / Community Members Network Rail National Helpline 03457 11 41 41 Latest Travel Advice Please Journalists Emily Maiden Network Rail We Own, Operate And Develop BritainS Railway Infrastructure; ThatS 20,000 Miles Of , 30,000 And The Thousands Of , Level Crossings And Stations. We Run 20 Of The UkS Largest While All The Others, Over 2,500, Are Run By The CountryS . Usually, There Are Almost Five Million Journeys Made In The Uk And Over 600 Freight Trains Run On The Network. People Depend On BritainS Railway For Their Daily Commute, To Visit Friends And Loved Ones And To Get Them Home Safe Every Day. Our Role Is To Deliver , So We Carefully Manage And Deliver Thousands Of Projects Every Year That Form Part Of The , To Grow And Expand The NationS Railway Network To Respond To The Tremendous Growth And Demand The Railway Has Experienced - A Doubling Of Passenger Journeys Over The Past 20 Years. Follow Us On Twitter: Visit Our Online Newsroom:
