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Watch the moment bridge hit at least 45 times is driven into again
A railway bridge considered the "most bashed" in Wales, having been struck almost 50 times, has been hit again.
In 2020 Network Rail said Trafle Mill bridge in Gowerton, Swansea, had been hit 33 times in the preceding decade, the most of any bridge in Wales and the border areas. There have been 12 reported strikes since 2023.
Despite sensors being installed to alert drivers of the height restrictions, CCTV footage shows a utilities lorry with wooden poles and a crane arm colliding with the bridge on 25 October.
Swansea council said it was disappointing and the warning system was functioning normally. It urged delivery companies to remind drivers of the restrictions.
In the footage, the lorry appears to slow just as it approaches but the crane arm smacks into the underside of the 11ft (3.3m) bridge, causing a loud bang.
According to residents the driver reversed onto nearby Fairwood Terrace and then headed back on Victoria Road in the opposite direction.
Network Rail says there have been 12 reported strikes since 2023
Video footage from Victoria Road resident Mark Needs has shown a number of lorries and other vehicles getting into difficulty over the years, despite warning signs alerting drivers to its presence.
"The worst one was when a van with a cherry picker got stuck under it, it took four to five hours to get it out," he said. "Another time a lorry coming down the hill hit the bridge, then a car and a telegraph pole."
Needs said there were sensors on poles set some way back on either side of the bridge. He said they activated flashing signs close by the bridge when vehicles of a certain height drove past.