Hi, ALL!

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Cornwall: English Heritage builds Tintagel Castle footbridge
A dramatic footbridge connecting two halves of Tintagel Castle on the north 
coast of Cornwall - the legendary birth place of King Arthur - is opening on 
Sunday.

Built by English Heritage, it is a mirror of the original land bridge that 
would have connected the island to the mainland more than 500 years ago.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-49280060/cornwall-english-heritage-builds-tintagel-castle-footbridge
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This passage:
"it is a mirror of the original land bridge that would have connected the 
island to the mainland more than 500 years ago."

Something strange. If that bridge existed 500 years ago we should write:

"it is a mirror of the original land bridge that (had) connected the island to 
the mainland more than 500 years ago."

I can't understand the sense of "would have connected" in "the bridge that 
would have connected the island to the mainland more than 500 years ago."

Bye, ALL!
Alexander Koryagin

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