The Exe Railway Bridge western side(or Bridge 2a)

 When we made our way down the bank and fully took in the scene that we found,Christine and I were truly struck dumb with amazement.We really hadn't expected to find anything of this scale.The bridge compared with the usual rather dinky bridges we regularly see,is huge.Added with the lovely scene of the River Exe flowing by,it really is lovely.It must of been a highlight of any train journey to travel across this special river on this special bridge.

The structure is in very good conditon and has all the usual excellent craftmanship that we now come to expect from those that built our railways.We even found part of an old iron girder,obviously just dumped and forgotten when they ripped the bridge down.

What a shame that it wasn't just left intact.If not for the first choice of keeping the lines running,then surely someone might of had the vision to turn the route into a footpath or a cycle route.How lovely that would have been for locals and tourists alike.But no,chop the bridge up dump some of it,abandon it all!Makes no sense to me.

After marvelling at all of this for quite some time,we made our next plan,which was to get to the other side.This meant that we had to walk back all the way that we had come,as there is no way of crossing the Exe anywhere near.After making it back to the car we then drove to the industrial site at Exebridge where we set off to find The Exe Railway Bridge eastern side(or Bridge 2b).