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This article describes the conversion of the Lucy Mill Bridge, a disused rail bridge, to provide a much needed and long awaited second road crossing across the river Avon at Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Although the bridge has been requested by local residents since 1920, the land for the bridge was only acquired in 1987. The new bridge will relieve the extremely long traffic queues on Clopton Bridge, the only existing road bridge during summer months; it will also allow the more rapid completion of essential maintenance on that bridge. Lucy Mill Bridge will be part of a new 1.6 km long, 7.3 m wide single carriageway road, whose construction started in July 1990. The bridge works, which cost about 500,000 of the total 1.65 million cost of the scheme, include strengthening the existing substructure and adding a new reinforced concrete deck on top. The top will cantilever out over the masonry on both sides, to provide a 1 m footway on each side of the road. Extensive investigations were carried out, to ensure that the bridge was in a suitable condition for its new use, even though it had not been maintained since the 1960s. Completion of the bridge is expected in May 1990.