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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.
Usk Railway Bridge: Newport, South Wales: Carries Great Western Main Line across the River Usk: Vazon Sliding Railway Bridge: near Keadby, Lincolnshire: Sliding bridge: Carries the railway over the Stainforth and Keadby Canal: Victoria Viaduct: Washington, Tyne and Wear: 250 m (820 ft) 1838: Stone arch: II* Carried former Durham Junction ...
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
By May 1983, the viaduct had been recognised as a Grade II* listed structure. Between March 1996 and September 1999, the viaduct was subject to an extensive restoration by national rail infrastructure owner Railtrack; this work was part-funded by the Railway Heritage Trust, English Heritage and West Sussex County Council.
The viaduct connects Knaresborough with Harrogate on the Harrogate line, in North Yorkshire, England. [8] The line was built in 1848 with the Leeds and Thirsk Railway creating a branch from their line at Starbeck railway station to go through Knaresborough and connect with the line that was being built westwards from York as part of the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway. [9]
A 1908 rail map of the surrounding area. The viaduct supports the pink line from London Bridge to Deptford Creek. The SER leased the L&GR from 1845, and in 1847 obtained powers to widen the viaduct still further with the addition of two further lines for 2.65 miles (4.26 km) on the north side to accommodate the Southeastern Railway main line.
The Chirk Viaduct (Welsh: Traphont y Waun) is a Grade II* listed railway viaduct over the River Ceiriog between England and Wales.The viaduct carries the Shrewsbury–Chester line from the Welsh town of Chirk in historic Denbighshire from the north to the English village of Chirk Bank in Weston Rhyn, Shropshire to the south.
The Morlaix viaduct is a railway bridge, of the viaduct type, located in the city of Morlaix which allows the crossing of the Morlaix river and the service to the city station by the line from Paris-Montparnasse to Brest.