Stamford Bridge Viaduct

United Kingdom / England / Wilberfoss /
 railway bridge, Grade II* Listed (UK), viaduct (bridge construction style)
Opened on 3 October 1847, closed 1965. Carried the York–Beverley line over the River Derwent. It consists of 24 feet (7.3 m) span semicircular brick approach arches, 10 on the southeast side, and 5 on the northwest side, with a 90 feet (27 m) cast iron span over the river. The iron work was erected by Gilkes Wilson and Company to a design by J.C. Birkinshaw; it consisted of six cast iron spandrel arched ribs, each made of five sections bolted together; with the ribs cross braced by spandrils; the weight of the iron work bridge was over 260 long tons (260 t). -Adapted from Wikipedia.

Grade II* Listed: historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1083...

Photo: www.geograph.org.uk/photo/910962
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_Bridge,_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire#The_viaduct
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Coordinates:   53°59'23"N   -0°55'13"E
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