I’d read something recently about the “cycle snake bridge” in Denmark. The impression I’d got was that they had previously built a bridge for cars; then one for people (and bikes?) but the pedestrians complained that they were being knocked down by bikes; and cyclists had to climb up some stairs(?!) with their bikes; so there is now another bridge above the pedestrian bridge which is 4m wide and just for the bikes, and now everyone is happy.
Where I live there is a big road bridge but its become near enough “cars only” (it is a big detour anyway compared to crossing the River Orwell in town on foot, but its congested in town)
I don’t think its officially forbidden to walk across the Orwell Bridge and there are very narrow pavements there but because of its location and less than friendly design very few people do it to the point if any pedestrian is on the bridge too long all the blue light services + Coastguard get called out in case they are planning to jump from there.
Ironically this area (Suffolk / East of England) is better and safer than London or SE England for cycling in; the problem in our country is that British people (or maybe just the English?) have not been been taught since the 1970s how to share public space and resources like European people do.
