Sutton Road Bridge

Sutton Road Bridge is a Scherzer Rolling Bascule Bridge in Hull, England, United Kingdom. It connects the the west side of Sutton Road from Beverley Road, Greenwood Ave and Orchard Park to the east side which leads to Ennerdale, Stockholm Road and continues down Sutton Road.

Description
Sutton Road Bridge is rather unusual - it is painted white rather than the other bridges on the river which are colourful, being either yellow or blue (though Millennium Bridge is also painted white). Another name it could be given is lonely straggler, because it is mostly followed by link bridges or swing bridges rather than other Scherzer Rolling bridges.

The bridge does not open that often, as not much traffic is needed to run up and down this part of the river anymore, not to mention it is very silted up, thus making it harder for any vessels to get through. Most industrial and freight vessels only go as far as Croda UK on Oak Road, however this part of the river is still used from time to time by smaller vessels, and also pleasure boats and preservation barges from Beverley.

Infrastructure
The infrastructure for this bridge contains four Pike halogen wigwags, two at each side, and also has four pedestrian signals (also two at each side) which are not the usual Page Signals. Barriers include two road barriers at each side and pedestrian barriers to block the pavement. It has one sounder, connected to a pedestrian barrier, and appears to be a Clifford and Snell sounder.

Faults
On 11th February 2020, the bridge opened on its own, causing disruption to traffic and pedestrians who use the bridge. No bridge operators were in attendance when this happened, and no vessels were due on the river. This seems to be associated with Scherzer Rolling Bridges, as Drypool Bridge has observed similar faults in the past. However, this type of fault has yet to occur with North Bridge.

Other Info
The last known opening of this bridge was in October 2019 for a dredging boat to clear this area of the river for any future vessels. Before then, the last opening was most likely on the 22nd September 2017 for the 'Open Bridges' event for the City of Culture.