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Knaresborough Viaduct is a viaduct in the North Yorkshire town of Knaresborough, England.The viaduct carries the Harrogate line over the River Nidd in the town. The viaduct was supposed to have opened in 1848, but the first construction collapsed into the river very near to completion, which necessitated a new viaduct and delayed the opening of the line through Knaresborough by three years.
Whitton, a successful railway engineer from England, chose the design of one of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's timber bridge viaducts built in Cornwall during the 1850s. The model chosen was the St Germans Viaduct composed of composite deck Queen post trusses, with the bottom chords being large iron rods. Whitton's staff redesigned the trusses to be ...
Highest extant railway viaduct in Britain. Formerly largest masonry arch in the world. Bann Bridge: Coleraine, County Londonderry: 1924: Bascule bridge carrying the NI Railways Belfast–Derry line over the River Bann: Barmouth Bridge: Barmouth, Gwynedd: 699 m (2,293 ft) 1867: II* Carries Cambrian Coast Railway across the River Mawddach estuary ...
List of railway bridges and viaducts in Hong Kong; Beipan River Shuibai Railway Bridge, crossing the Beipan River near Liupanshui, Guizhou province; Fenglingdu Yellow River Railway Bridge, crossing the Yellow River between Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces
Yarm Viaduct was built by the Victorians and carries trains across the River Tees. Network Rail started a major programme of repairs - costing £8.2m - last year to strengthen 14 piers along its ...
A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide valley, road, river, or other low-lying terrain features and obstacles.
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