Local councillors have asked what would happen if the town's swing bridge become permanently broken?
There are no off the shelf plans available to replace Whitby's Swing Bridge.
After the bridge stopped working on a number of occasions over the summer, Local councillors have questioned what would happen if the bridge were to become permanently broken.
County Council Bridge Manager Phil Robinson says they don't have a replacement plan for the bridge and would have to start from scratch if it failed.
Phil Richardson says replacing the bridge would be a big job and would not be either quick or cheap to do.
The Swing Bridge was built in 1909 and mechanised in 1983. The county council says that failures of the bridge operation have been reduced from twenty plus per year to approximately four per year since 2012. They say it is likely that some of the recent closures have involved extremely high temperatures which prevented the bridge opening
The council's bridge experts believe the bridge should have a remaining operating life of around 75 years.
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