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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 right angle. This results in the faces of the arch not being perpendicular to its abutments and its plan view being a parallelogram , rather than the rectangle that is the plan view of a regular, or ...
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 Manches
Stone arch: II* Second-oldest operational railway bridge in the world, after the Skerne Bridge. Battersea Railway Bridge a.k.a. Cremorne Bridge: Battersea, London: 185 m (607 ft) 1863: Wrought iron arch: Carries the West London line over the River Thames: Belvidere Bridge: Shrewsbury: 1848: Arch: II* Two spans at 31 m (34 yd) each in length ...
It is a skew arch carrying the railway across the Grand Union Canal. It has a span of 66 feet (20 metres) and a width of 88 feet (27 metres). The arch is made up of six segmental ribs. It had decorative open spandrels and ornate iron parapet. It has substantial brick abutments which terminate in heavy stone capitals. [1] [2]
Southdown Road Skew Bridge looking along the barrel. Note the substantial retaining wall to the left of the arch. The easiest way to visualise Boucher's concept for the ribbed skew arch is to consider a regular arch bridge that carries the railway at right angles across the road and then to slice it vertically at regular intervals along the axis of its barrel, the planes all being parallel ...
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.
Hereford Road Skew Bridge is a disused railway bridge in Ledbury, Herefordshire. Built in 1881 to carry the Ledbury and Gloucester Railway across the Hereford Road at an angle of approximately 45°, it was built as a ribbed skew arch with stone spandrels and wing walls , and ribs of blue brick .
Kielder Viaduct consists of seven semi-circular masonry skew arches and was built in 1862 by the North British Railway to carry the Border Counties Line across marshy land, which following flooding to create Kielder Water, became the place where Deadwater Burn joins Bakethin Reservoir. [3]