007 Picton Road Bridge from Edge Hill Station
The Wavertree Road railway overbridge. At this point the bridge consists of numerous spans taking Wavertree Road over not only the West Coast Main Line and the Chat Moss/Wigan lines, here running side by side, but also the numerous chords and sidings related to the Waterloo and Wapping Tunnels and both Edge Hill & Spekelands Road Goods Stations/Depots.
The array of sidings was built from 1892 onwards. Although the piers visible here are of masonry, the spans crossing the main lines rest on round concrete columns, just discernible in the span seen above the blue and grey wagons. I find myself intrigued by the sections of bridge that are concrete spans. Are they original, if not, what form did the first bridge take and how did the extension, crossing the sidings, relate to it? And just how early in the history of civil engineering did these concrete spans appear? This is a screengrab of a freeze-frame from the official DVD of a train cab ride from Lime Street to Wigan and back. This frame is from the return journey, travelling towards Edge Hill.
007 Picton Road Bridge from Edge Hill Station
The Wavertree Road railway overbridge. At this point the bridge consists of numerous spans taking Wavertree Road over not only the West Coast Main Line and the Chat Moss/Wigan lines, here running side by side, but also the numerous chords and sidings related to the Waterloo and Wapping Tunnels and both Edge Hill & Spekelands Road Goods Stations/Depots.
The array of sidings was built from 1892 onwards. Although the piers visible here are of masonry, the spans crossing the main lines rest on round concrete columns, just discernible in the span seen above the blue and grey wagons. I find myself intrigued by the sections of bridge that are concrete spans. Are they original, if not, what form did the first bridge take and how did the extension, crossing the sidings, relate to it? And just how early in the history of civil engineering did these concrete spans appear? This is a screengrab of a freeze-frame from the official DVD of a train cab ride from Lime Street to Wigan and back. This frame is from the return journey, travelling towards Edge Hill.