Witness the trains going over the swing bridge and it opening for oncoming boats and vessels. The Reedham swing bridge carries the Wherry railway line, between Norwich and Lowestoft, across the River Yare near Reedham railway station. The original single track bridge was commissioned by Sir Samuel Morton Peto in the 1840s to allow the passage of wherry boats, which were too tall to pass under conventional bridges. The current bridge dates back to 1903 before the doubling of the track. The bridge is operated from the 1904 signal box and in a typical year, is opened 1,300 times.