 Both are lifting bridges, which can be raised to allow river traffic to pass through.This can result in traffic tailbacks, and the phrase "the bridge was up" has become synonymous in the town with being late for appointments.A ferry running between the southern tip of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston provided a much shorter link between the factories on South Denes and the mostly residential areas of Gorleston, but increased running costs and the decline of industrial activity led to its closure in the early 1990s.