The bridge, close to Norwich City Football Club's Carrow Road ground, is due to shut so Norfolk County Council can carry out work to the timber decking, after an inspection revealed defects.

But the project is only a temporary fix and officials at County Hall are still hoping for a long-term solution, so the authority can reduce how much it has to regularly spend to maintain the crossing.

In 2021, the council's Conservative-controlled cabinet agreed to spend £150,000 to fix the bridge, which lifts to allow vessels to pass on the River Wensum beneath it, into place.

Carrow Bridge will shut for £20,000 of repair work (Image: Archant)

The thinking was that welding it in place would cut maintenance costs, because deck panels regularly have to be fixed because they are shaken loose by traffic.

But that plan

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