R2 Salva Mea - Newhaven - 23.10.2014

The only vessel to pass through the bridge on this opening. As the opening can cause tailbacks on the A259 for up to a mile or more on either side of the bridge the Harbour Authority usually tries to bunch up passages, but sometimes there's not much traffic to and from the boatyards and North Quay, so one little craft can hold up hundreds of road vehicles.
The flagged marker buoys probably indicate fishing using 'pots' to catch lobsters or crayfish, the flags showing where the pots have been deployed.