Isle of Wight bridge to reopen today — following three weeks of work

Island Roads have announced today that Bow Bridge, on the busy A3020 Newport Road, between Godshill and Rookley, will reopen from lunchtime because work will finish ahead of schedule.

The project was supposed to take three weeks — meaning the bridge would be open by Monday, the start of the February half-term — but Island Roads had put in a four-week road closure in case of unexpected delays.

Read more: Bridge works in Godshill — main road will be closed for three weeks

Despite the recent bad weather, the strengthening work has almost finished which will ensure vehicles over 7.5 tonnes — essentially vehicles bigger than a transit van — can continue to cross.

Work involved digging the road out over the bridge to reveal the top of the masonry arch, waterproofing the stonework and then backfilling the void with concrete, before resurfacing the road.

Despite some poor recent weather, our work to strengthen Bow Bridge on the main road between Godshill and Rookley is ahead of schedule.
Consequently we are looking to re-open the road at lunchtime.
Thank you for your co-operation during these works.@iwight @GodshillIoW pic.twitter.com/w6R4FrAr36

— Island Roads (@IslandRoads) February 14, 2020

UPDATE, 12.20pm: Island Roads have confirmed Newport Road, between Godshill and Rookley, is now open as works on Bow Bridge have been completed. 

As per our earlier Tweet, we can confirm the main road between Rookley and Godshill is now open following the completion of the Bow Bridge strengthening and resurfacing work.
Thanks once again for your co-operation while the diversion was in place. pic.twitter.com/Ag7XjfWnh3

— Island Roads (@IslandRoads) February 14, 2020

UPDATE, 12:45pm: Southern Vectis routes 2 and 3 are now back on its normal route.

Route 2 & 3
Bow Bridge (Godshill) is now open. Buses are back on normal route. #travelalert

— Southern Vectis (@SouthernVectis) February 14, 2020