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Six arches, a bramble and (just) an old gatepost… a final view of one of South-east England’s finest architectural triumphs – the Ouse Valley railway viaduct near Balcombe. Just half a dozen here, but this thrilling construction comprises 37 glorious arches.
The viaduct, which is 29 metres high and 450 metres long, is a Grade II listed building and was restored in 1996 with grants from the Railway Heritage Trust and English Heritage, with a contribution from West Sussex County Council. It’s still in use, with around 110 trains a day passing across it on the Brighton main line.
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The name of this bridge – Ironbridge – simply and perfectly describes what it is. But it’s not just any old iron bridge; it’s the first bridge in the world to be made from cast iron.
Opened on New Year’s Day in 1781, it crosses the River Severn at Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, England. It was open to traffic until 1934, when it was declared a national monument. Today, it’s part of a Unesco World Heritage Site, and only people on foot can use it.
Ironbridge itself – the place, not the bridge – is sometimes described as the ‘birthplace of the Industrial Revolution’. But purists point out that the revolution began not in a single place, but in many parts of England at the same time.
One of the delights of a river cruise in Paris was passing under the Pont Alexandre III, widely regarded as the most ornate and extravagant bridge spanning the Seine.
It was built between 1896 and 1900, and is named after Tsar Alexander III of Russia, who had concluded the Franco-Russian Alliance in 1892. This treaty lasted until 1917.
The bridge comprises one single-span arch, and was designed to avoid obscuring the view of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées on one side of the river, and Les Invalides on the other.
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Monsters are often named kindly, a 488 meters long and 26.5 meters wide concrete structure is called the "Friendship Bridge". Symmetry can play it's part.
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Rittreck View 5x7" (13x18cm), Fujinon W 210mm f5.6 @ f22 with 2.5cm front rise, 1/2s, Efke PL100m film developed in Ethol UFG 1+5 single shot, wet-mounted drumscan.