A 17-mile diversion route set up so work to replace a bridge could be carried out has been lifted.

The diversion route sent motorists through Hoddesdon, Harlow and Nazeing, in Essex, via the A414.

Simon Milburn, Network Rail Anglia’s infrastructure director, said the bridge "will serve Broxbourne and the railway for many decades to come".

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