The 2.7m-high railway bridge where more cars get stuck than under any other in England

Ely's Stuntney Bridge is the astir bashed successful the state (Image: Network Rail)

This tiny railway span is struck by motorists much than immoderate different successful England with much than a twelve shunts successful the past 12 months.  

The Stuntney Road railway span in Ely, Cambridgeshire tops the list, according to caller figures from Network Rail. 

Data shows the span was deed a staggering 18 times successful 2023/24, with immoderate motorists stuck for hours.

Earlier this year, the span was unopen for 2 hours aft a removal van collided with the structure.

The span is located conscionable a fewer yards from the Ely bid presumption and crossed the roadworthy from a ample Tesco supermarket. 

The span was deed 18 times betwixt 2023/24 (Image: Network Rail)

Ely is 1 of the UK’s smallest cities with a colonisation of conscionable 20,000 residents. 

However, the metropolis is a fashionable tourer attraction successful the east, with a world-famous Cathedral and the location of erstwhile Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell.

Pam Boss, 79, a nonmigratory of Ely said: "That span has been deed 3 times successful a fortnight, they deed the bridge, they propulsion themselves retired of it and halt on the roadside.

"The lone clip it is reported is erstwhile a large conveyance gets wedged nether the bridge."

A span located connected Stonea Road adjacent March was named the associated 2nd astir affected span with 17 impacts. 

Lower Downs Road successful Wimbledon, London has besides recorded 17 shunts implicit the past year.

Network Rail has warned 1,532 span strikes were reported successful the twelvemonth to April with £20million successful delays, cancellations and repairs.

Martin Frobisher, Network Rail’s radical information and engineering director, said they had worked to "tackle span strikes”. 

He stressed harm was being fixed with "public funds” which should person been utilized elsewhere. 

However, helium stressed determination was a "downward trend” successful the fig of incidents connected UK roads.  

Every clip a conveyance hits a span it tin origin superior information issues for roadworthy and obstruction users.

He continued: “To compound matters, these incidents tin hold tens of thousands of passengers portion we inspect the span and repair immoderate harm – creating outgo from nationalist funds which should beryllium utilized upgrading and improving our network.

“We’ve done a batch of enactment with transport partners to tackle span strikes, and it’s encouraging to spot this is paying disconnected with a wide downward inclination successful the fig of incidents.”