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The Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct carries the Settle–Carlisle railway across Batty Moss in the Ribble Valley at Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, England. The viaduct , built by the Midland Railway , is 28 miles (45 km) north-west of Skipton and 26 miles (42 km) south-east of Kendal .
The Settle–Carlisle line (also known as the Settle and Carlisle (S&C)) is a 73-mile-long (117 km) main railway line in northern England. The route, which crosses the remote, scenic regions of the Yorkshire Dales and the North Pennines, runs between Settle Junction, on the Leeds–Morecambe line, and Carlisle, near the English-Scottish borders.
Originally built by Brunel with laminated timber arches. Slade Viaduct: near Ivybridge, Devon: Stone arch: Crosses Piall valley: Smardale Viaduct: Crosby Garrett, Cumbria: 220 m (720 ft) 1875: Stone arch: Crosses Scandal Beck and the former Stainmore railway line. Smardalegill Viaduct: Crosby Garrett, Cumbria: 167 m (548 ft) c. 1861: Stone arch ...
Ribblehead is the area of moorland at the head of the River Ribble in the area known as Ribblesdale, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, England. Ribblehead is most notable for Ribblehead railway station and Ribblehead Viaduct on the Settle to Carlisle railway .
A stone bridge was built in the early 1400s, possibly just west of the present Walton Bridge which was completed in 1781. Until 1755 this was the only bridge over the Ribble at Preston. [ 19 ] The original attempt to build a bridge directly to Penwortham was completed in 1755, only to collapse the following year.
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Above Settle the dale is within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is a popular tourist area, particularly for walking. The Yorkshire Three Peaks rise to the east and west of the dale. The Ribble Way runs the length of the dale. At the head of the dale is the Ribblehead Viaduct, crossed by the Settle to Carlisle railway which runs through ...