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Rugby-Leamington Line

Ridgeway Lane girder bridge

 

 

 

The bridge carries an ancient track called Ridgeway Lane (now a county unclassified unmetalled road) over the now-dismantled Rugby to Leamington line. The cutting, approximately 60 feet deep, took the railway through a ridge of high ground between Hunningham Hill and Snowford.

The single-span wrought-iron bridge is of trussed lattice girder construction and when built in 1851 it was the longest such bridge ever constructed. In later years, four lattice columns and cross-ties were added to reinforce the original structure

Grade ll* Listed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Uploaded on June 12, 2021
Taken on June 12, 2021