Laira Bridge
Laira Bridge is a disused railway bridge that crosses the River Plym in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. It is currently being refurbished to carry a pedestrian and cycle path.
The name is also used to refer to the road bridge that runs alongside and carries the A379 road.
History
The bridge carried the London and South Western Railway branch to Turnchapel over the River Plym in Devon. Later the Great Western Railway also had running powers over the bridge providing access to their Yealmpton branch at Plymstock. The bridge was built by Messrs Relf and Pethick after being authorised by an act of parliament in 1883. It was completed by 1887, and was opened in July 1892.
Passenger trains ceased to use it when the passenger services to Turnchapel and Yealmpton were terminated in the 1950s but the bridge remained in use to serve the Associated Portland Cement works. It finally closed to traffic in the 1990s.
Refurbishment as a cycle and pedestrian bridge
The bridge is currently in the process of being restored at a cost of £3.5 million in order to turn it into a cycle and pedestrian pathway and is due to be completed by Spring 2015. The path will link into existing footpaths and cycleways including Route 27 of the National Cycle Network. The bridge will link existing off road cycle paths which join Devonport and Stonehouse in the west to Plymstock and Plympton in the east. Funding came from a number of sources including a £750,000 developer contribution from the Saltram Meadow development and from the government's local sustainable transport fund.
Laira
Coordinates: 50°23′N 4°06′W / 50.38°N 4.10°W / 50.38; -4.10
Laira /lɛˈrə/ – previously recorded as Lare(1591),Lary poynte (1638), the Leerie (1643), and the Lairy (1802) – was originally the name given to that part of the estuary of the River Plym from the Cattewater up to Marsh Mills in Plymouth, Devon, England. The name may derive from a Brythonic word corresponding to the Welsh llaeru, meaning 'to ebb'.
The A379 road and the disused Plymouth to Yealmpton railway line cross the estuary just above the Plymouth suburb of Cattedown by two bridges both known as Laira Bridge.
The name Laira now also refers to the area of Plymouth surrounding the Laira Traction Maintenance Depot. Much of the housing here was built around 1900 for employees of the depot. There is a memorial plaque to the men of Laira who died in the Great War along Old Laira Road. Also situated on Old Laira Road is the old Police / Fire Station which is currently used as a library. Laira Green Primary school is situated in the area, as well as a disused United Reformed Church.
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