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  2. Skew arch - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Albert Bridge, Manchester - Wikipedia

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    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

  4. Nash Mills railway bridge - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. List of railway bridges and viaducts in the United Kingdom

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    Skew arch bridge: first skew arch bridge to carry a railway: Swithland Viaduct: Swithland, Leicestershire: 1897: Brick arch: carries the preserved Great Central Railway across Swithland Reservoir: Tadcaster Viaduct: Tadcaster, North Yorkshire: 1848: Stone arch: II: built by Leeds and York Railway to cross the River Wharfe – but never used ...

  6. Listed buildings in Rainhill - Wikipedia

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    The bridge is built in red rusticated sandstone and consists of a single skew arch at 34 degrees with a span of 54 feet (16.5 m). It was widened in 1963 and a metal parapet was added to the southwest side.

  7. Southdown Road Skew Bridge - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Croft Viaduct - Wikipedia

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    It is one of the oldest viaducts on the railway network, and was the first railway viaduct in the United Kingdom to be built with a skew-arch. [14] [15] Apart from some re-inforced concrete, the viaduct is largely composed of the original stone; dressed ashlar cream sandstone, with late 20th century parapet railings. [16] [17]

  9. Swin Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Only one skew-arch had been used on a railway before: the Rainhill Skew Bridge on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. This was designed by George Stephenson, although it was an overbridge carrying the turnpike road across the railway. The Rainhill bridge has achieved a fame perhaps out of proportion to its innovation. It was neither the first ...