The Orwell Bridge is a concrete box girder bridge just south of Ipswich in Suffolk, England. Opened to road traffic in 1982, the bridge carries the A14 road over the River Orwell.
The Orwell Bridge from Orwell Country Park
Approach from the east in November 2006, north of Orwell Country Park at the Shell Orwell services
View in March 2010
View from the air in February 2010 from an aircraft en route to Stansted from Prague
The A14 is a major trunk road in England, running 127 miles (204 km) from Catthorpe Interchange, a major intersection at the southern end of the M6 and junction 19 of the M1 in Leicestershire to the Port of Felixstowe, Suffolk. The road forms part of the unsigned Euroroutes E24 and E30. It is the busiest shipping lane in East Anglia carrying anything from cars to large amounts of cargo between the UK and Mainland Europe.
The former viaduct carrying the A14 over the ECML in Huntingdon. This shows the strengthening added to the structure due to the volume of traffic shortening its lifespan. The new bypass to the south has allowed this bridge to be removed.
A14 congestion near Needham Market (6 July 2006)