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The Causey Arch is a bridge near Stanley in County Durham, northern England. It is the oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge in the world, and a key element of the industrial heritage of England. It carried an early wagonway (horse-drawn carts on wooden rails) to transport coal. The line was later diverted, and no longer uses the bridge. [2]
The bridge was widened and slightly flattened in 1937–40, but otherwise still conforms to its original design. The eighth Thames bridge to be built in what is now Greater London, it is today the oldest surviving Thames bridge in London.
Oldest bridge in UK with shops. High Bridge: Berkshire: Reading: 1788: across the River Kennet: High Level Bridge: Tyne and Wear: Newcastle upon Tyne: 1849: I: Road and rail bridge across the River Tyne: Hockenhull Platts: Cheshire: Tarvin: C18: II: Three footbridges across the River Gowy: Holgate Bridge: North Yorkshire: York: 1911: Crosses ...
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: Belah Viaduct ...
Homersfield Bridge Blue plaque on bridge. Homersfield Bridge is a road bridge across the River Waveney between Norfolk and Suffolk, and stands partly in the civil parishes of Alburgh and Wortwell, Norfolk and partly in Homersfield, Suffolk. It is one of the oldest surviving concrete bridges in Britain and is a grade II* listed structure. [1]
It is the longest stone bridge in England. The section of the bridge crossing the main flow of the river was destroyed in floods in 1795 and was replaced between 1795 and 1797, at a cost of £3,550 (equivalent to £464,400 in 2023), [3] with the present section of bridge. [2] The work was reputedly designed by Thomas Sykes, the county surveyor.
The bridge has a single ashlar arch with a span of about 22 feet (6.7 metres). The oldest part is the centre, which was originally about 33 feet (10 m) long. It was made from five barrel vaulted ribs, of which the three inner ribs were 3 ft (0.91 m) wide and the two on the outside were 4 ft (1.2 m) wide.
The suspension bridge, which is a Category A listed building in Scotland, [2] is now the oldest to be still carrying road traffic. The bridge is also a Grade I listed building in England [3] and an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. [4] It lies on Sustrans Route 1 and the Pennine Cycleway.