Bridges

The Leicestershire County Council is the Highway Authority and the 'Bridge Authority' for the bridges with Blaby District. There are also other bridge owners/authorities and the largest of these are the Highway Agency (trunk roads and motorway), Railtrack (railways), British Rail Property Board (disused railways), the Environment Agency (main rivers) and British Waterways Board (canals). As a rule the bridge usually belongs to the organisation (or its successor) that had cause to need the bridge in the first place. Ownership of bridges has been transferred in some cases, such as when the responsibility for a route changes.

For more information please visit the Leicestershire Council web pages for bridges:

 Bridge Design & Maintenance
Bridge Strengthening & Maintenance