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giving details of bridge clearance heights and bridge weight limits on a country-wide basis? As timber merchants our vehicles often make rural deliveries and with loads up to 12ft high have sometimes met with difficulty.
AWe do not know of any publication which gives national details of bridge clearance heights and bridge weight limits. A useful practice, widely adopted by heavy hauliers, is to build up one's own information
on an alphabetical or geographical basis, from individual details supplied by local authorities, police and British Railways. An index book will prove extremely helpful to both you and your drivers and will of course increase in coverage as time goes on.'
The accepted minimum height for new bridges, is 16ft 6in, and this figure should be borne in mind when planning journeys on motorway routes.