Langstone Bridge

[1][2] The Wadeway or Wade Way is an original and historic causeway to Hayling Island, however it is now completely impassable, having been cut in two by a deep channel for the Portsmouth and Chichester Canal in the 1820s.

[3] It was classified as a bridleway in 1988, and is shown as such on modern Ordnance Survey maps [1] in spite of its use being considered hazardous at best.

[4] Excavation of this feature in 2006, constructed on a natural high point in the harbour, put its date in the Roman to medieval range but found no evidence to be more specific.

[5] The Canal Company funded a replacement wooden road bridge served by a toll-house situated at the northern end.

There was a weight-limit and after WW2 only single-decker buses were allowed across and if they were carrying too many passengers some had to get out and walk, regardless of the weather, to reduce axle-weight.