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The River Misbourne diverted via culverts under the M25. The Chalfont Viaduct is built of blue and black engineering brick with additional decorative brickwork. The bridge is approximately 12.5 metres (41 ft) high, although it varies in height due to changing ground level, and it has five semi-elliptical arches, each 15.5 metres (51 ft) wide.
The road bridge to the south of Shipley Reservoir is in sandstone and brick. It consists of two semicircular arches with rusticated voussoirs, and a central pier with triangular cutwaters. Above the arch is a plain band and parapets, and the side walls curve outwards and end in square piers. [4] II: The Cottage, Shipley Gate Lock
The viaduct comprises 22 semi-circular arches with spans of 19.2 metres (63 ft) flanked by a pair of abutment arches of 5.5-metre (18 ft) span. The arch rings are 900 millimetres (35 in) thick. The arches and spandrels are built of red brick set in lime mortar with ashlar spring courses. The deck parapets are 2.2 metres (7 ft 3 in) high.
Brick arch Carries the South West Main Line. [2] Boythorpe Viaduct: Chesterfield, Derbyshire: 1897: Brick arch: Closed 1957 and demolished. Brackley Viaduct: Brackley, Northamptonshire: 230 m (750 ft) 1896: Brick arch: Carried the Great Central line over the River Great Ouse. Demolished in 1978: Braidhurst Viaduct: Forgewood, North Lanarkshire ...
Maidenhead Railway Bridge, also known as Maidenhead Viaduct and The Sounding Arch, carries the Great Western Main Line (GWML) over the River Thames between Maidenhead, Berkshire and Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. It is a single structure of two tall, wide red-brick arches buttressed by two over-land smaller arches.
The structure carries the former London and Greenwich Railway line and consists of 851 semi-circular arches and 27 skew arches or road bridges. It is the longest run of arches in Britain, [1] It is also one of the oldest railway viaducts in the world, and the earliest example of an entirely elevated railway line. It was built between 1834 and 1836.
A brick farmhouse with a slate roof, two storeys with an attic, a double-depth plan, and three bays. The central doorway has a moulded surround, a keystone and a fanlight, and the windows are casements with cambered brick arches, keystones and stone sills. Above the central window in the upper floor is a datestone.
The walls average 3 ft 10in in thickness and are pierced towards the chancel, nave and transepts with semi-circular arches of a single square order. The arches are of equal span but are irregularly placed in their respective sides. [5] Entrance on the western side. The chancel is 22 ft 6in square. The lower part of the east wall is ...