UK Viaducts
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North Yorkshire is not a place I have visited much, but on my way to the Lakes I thought I would go to a couple of places this being one of them, of course late afternoon is not ideal here but the sun broke free of the clouds at this time so got the old Sony out and snapped a few pictures. Managed to get this one as the train happened to cross the viaduct with sunrays breaking through.
This place has such a variety of light even in the little time that was spent at this location, I can see why you can when here capture in the evening and dawn such atmospheric light and mood!!!
Yorkshire is certainly a place to visit more.
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Scattered along the main road, Glenfinnan is situated at the head of Loch Shiel which stretches south west for 20 miles to Acharacle.
Glenfinnan attracts many thousands of visitors from around the world to experience the stunning scenery but also the special atmosphere. The famous Glenfinnan viaduct carries the railway to Glenfinnan Station across a 1,000 ft span, 100 ft above the ground. The Jacobite steam train runs from here to Fort William and Mallaig in summer months with regular trains available the rest of the year.
The filming of the second and third Harry Potter books, Harry Potter and the Chambers of Secret and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban took place in this area with the Hogwarts Express calling at Glenfinnan! In August every year, on the Saturday closest to 19 August, the Glenfinnan Gathering and Games take place.
Ribblehead Viaduct is 440 yards (400 m) long, and 104 feet (32 m) above the valley floor at its highest point. It is made up of twenty-four arches.
Ribblehead Viaduct is the longest on the Settle–Carlisle Railway.
The Leaderfoot Viaduct, also known as the Drygrange Viaduct, is a railway viaduct over the River Tweed near Melrose in the Scottish Borders.
The Leaderfoot Viaduct, also known as the Drygrange Viaduct, is a railway viaduct over the River Tweed near Melrose in the Scottish Borders.
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Overspant Tarn
Rijstroken 2x2
Totale lengte 2.460 meter
Hoofdoverspanning 342 meter
Hoogte brugdek 270 meter
Openstelling 16-12-2004
Verkeersintensiteit 13.700 mvt/etmaal
This morning I took a trip over to St Germans in Cornwall to get a shot of the viaduct. I'd been hoping for a clear blue sky and no wind for a while and I had the perfect morning for it today.
This shot was taken from the quay at St Germans Sailing Club.
The viaduct was built in 1899 to replace the old wooden one and is 106ft high, has 17 arches and spans 978ft across the River Tiddy.
The Makatote Viaduct takes the North Island Main Trunk railway across the Makatote River. It is 335.7 km from Wellington, at the foot of Ruapehu, in northern Manawatu-Wanganui, between National Park and Ohakune. Wikipedia
Overview
The Makatote Viaduct transformed passenger and freight transport and turned the government railway into a modern main-line system.
Description
The saga of the North Island main trunk railway involved overcoming almost every physical obstacle that could be conceived. The forbidding central North Island terrain had hitherto required travellers from Auckland to take a steamer down the east coast to Wellington or from Onehunga down to New Plymouth to catch a train to the capital. A Christchurch firm won the Makatote Viaduct contract tender in 1905 and completed the structure within three years, using a cableway to lower steel components into place on the 262 metre-long and 79 metre-high viaduct.
The Makatote Viaduct transformed passenger and freight transport and turned the government railway into a modern main-line system. All told there are 23 major viaducts and 26 bridges on the main trunk line. The American Society of Civil Engineers awarded the line a Landmark Award in 1997, so it joined the Eiffel Tower and Panama Canal on a very select list. The best view is from a rest stop beneath the southern piers on SH4 between Pokaka and Erua.
The Wang Pho Viaduct was constructed by forced laborers and Allied prisoners of war taken by the Japanese during WWII. It is part of the infamous Burma Railway also known as the Death Railway.
Varda Viaduct
locally known as "Alman Köprüsü" or "Koca Köprü" (literally: German Viaduct or Big Viaduct), is a railway viaduct situated at Hacıkırı (Kıralan) village in Karaisalı district of Adana Province in southern Turkey. Designed and built by Imperial German engineers as part of the Baghdad Railway (Haydarpaşa Terminal, Istanbul-Baghdad), the stone arch structure is 63 km (39 mi) from Adana Central Station and 306 km (190 mi) from Konya.
The building of the viaduct was coupled with the construction of the Ottoman-German project of Istanbul-Baghdad railway line to connect Berlin with Basra, then part of the Ottoman Empire, to enable direct supply of oil to German industry
The construction began in 1905, and in 1907, the main works were completed. Technical details were accomplished in 1912. The railway on the viaduct went into service in 1916.
The 172m (564 ft) long and 98 m (322 ft) high structure consists of eleven ashlar arch spans in total. The central portion has three 30 m (98 ft) arches, with spandrel arches over the piers, and is flanked on each side by four arch spans, at one side one of 6 m (20 ft), three of 12 m (39 ft) and at the other side four of 10 m (33 ft). After erecting the masonry pillars, the arches were built over a temporary falsework steel frame, which was placed on the pillars. The viaduct, which spans in north-south direction, is curved having a radius of curvature of 1,200 m (3,900 ft).
The Ribblehead Viaduct carries trains on the Settle-Carlisle line across Batty Moss in the Yorkshire Dales. It was built around 1870 and is about 400m long.
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A closer in look at one of my previous uploads of Glenfinnan Viaduct
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A familiar theme for me - the beautiful Victorian Viaduct spanning one of the many ponds in Hampstead Heath. I believe it was built in anticipation of a new housing development very nearby that never came to fruition thus creating a bit of a 'folly'.
The pond had been undergoing extensive 'works' but this is the first time I've seen it since the completion of repairs.
A non-HDR composition.
Known locally as "Whalley Arches", Whalley Viaduct is a 48 span railway bridge crossing the River Calder and a listed structure.
It was built between 1846 and 1850 under the engineering supervision of Terrence Wolfe Flanagan and formed part of the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway. It is a red brick arch structure and the longest and largest railway viaduct in Lancashire.[4] It carries the railway, now known as the Ribble Valley Line, 21.3m over the river for 620m.
Whalley Arches, east side, from the road
Over 7 million bricks and 12,338 cubic metres of stone were used in construction. 3,000m of timber were used for the arch centring, temporary platforms and the permanent foundation piles. During construction on 6 October 1849, two of the 41 arches then completed collapsed, with the loss of three lives.
The east side of the bridge, nearest the remains of the Abbey, has the only decorative treatment
Wildfire smoke rolls in as a Canadian Pacific Railway train crosses the High Level Bridge in Lethbridge, Alberta. Started in 1907 and completed in 1909 the bridge crosses the Oldman River and is the largest railway structure in Canada and the largest of its type in the world. This impressive structure is 1624 metres (5,328 ft) long and 96 metres (314 ft) above the river.