Bridge Restriction - Blackheath Village, Blackheath, London, UK
N 51° 27.952 E 000° 00.539
31U E 292251 N 5705876
This "notice" is close to the entrance to Blackheath Station on the west side of Blackheath Village.
Waymark Code: WMK5M4
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/17/2014
Views: 1
The bridge in question carries vehicular and pedestrian traffic over the railway lines in the centre of Blackheath. The "notice" reads:
Motor Cars Act
1896 and 1903
NOTICE
This
BRIDGE
is insufficient to carry a
HEAVY MOTOR CAR
the registered axle-weight of aby axle of which exceeds
{blanked out] TONS
or the registered axle-weights of the several
axles of which exceed in the aggregate
[blanked out] TONS
or a heavy motor car drawing a
TRAILER
if the registered axle-weights of the several axles
of the HEAVY MOTOR CAR and the
axles-weights of the several axles of the
TRAILER
exceed in the aggregate
[blanked out]
South Eastern and
Chatham Railroad Co Ltd
Managing Committee
London Bridge
Station SE
The weights are blanked out as they no longer apply but it would have been interesting to see what the limits where.