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A masonry skew arch bridge photographed shortly after its completion in 1898, showing the helicoidal nature of its stonework. Sickergill Skew Bridge over the River Raven at Renwick, near Penrith. A skew arch (also known as an oblique arch) is a method of construction that enables an arch bridge to span an obstacle at some angle other than a ...
The Skew Arch Bridge in Reading, Pennsylvania, also known as the Askew Bridge and nicknamed the Soap and Whiskey Bridge, is an historic skew arch bridge that was completed in 1857. Its design enabled it to carry two tracks of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad (P&R) at an angle over Sixth Street in Reading, Berks County , Pennsylvania .
Skew arch; Southdown Road Skew Bridge; Stanford Viaduct This page was last edited on 19 November 2009, at 04:39 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Rainhill Skew Bridge; S. Skew Arch Bridge (Reading, Pennsylvania) Swin Bridge; T. Thirty-third Street Bridge in Philadelphia
The bridge, from the South. Swin Bridge (also 'Cockfield Bridge' or 'Haggerleases Bridge' [1] [2]) is the local name for a skew arch bridge in County Durham. [3] It was built in 1830 for the Haggerleases branch of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, crossing the River Gaunless at Cockfield.
Carried the first train on the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, and is the oldest railway bridge in continuous use in the world: Skew Bridge, Bath: Bath, Somerset: 48.76 m (160.0 ft) 1840; rebuilt 1878: Wrought iron truss: II: Carries Great Western Main Line west from Bath Spa station across the River Avon. Originally built by ...
The Gelt Bridge or Gelt Viaduct (also known as Middle Gelt Bridge) is a skew arch railway viaduct in the parish of Hayton, east of Carlisle in Cumbria, north west England. Built from 1832, it is one of the earliest and largest skew bridges in Britain. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1]
Albert Bridge is a Grade II listed skew arch bridge in Greater Manchester, England. [1] A replacement for an earlier structure, New Bailey Bridge, it was completed in 1844. It crosses the River Irwell , connecting Salford to Manchester .