Viaduct

Nickelson · 20-06-2007, 18:19

when was it built, how many arches does it have and i once got tolded of a teacher at my school is it the most curved bridge in the world is that bull ?

WillowTheWhisp · 20-06-2007, 18:28

It might have been the most curved viaduct once. Not sure if that still applies. I tried to count the arches once but confused myself. I may try again.

Sparkologist · 20-06-2007, 19:29

Not wishing to sound pedantic, but I was just wondering, do the bridges that span Whalley Rd & Blackburn Rd count as part of the viaduct?

WillowTheWhisp · 20-06-2007, 19:39

That's a good question because it's not one continuous thing from the one in Whalley Road is it?

cashman · 20-06-2007, 23:27

dont see how the whalley rd one can Sparks, its a fair bit down the line to where it starts, used to walk it as a kid lol,never gave any thought to the blackburn rd one as there used to be signalmen.

panther · 21-06-2007, 17:44

so does anyone know when it was built?

spud · 21-06-2007, 19:24

In a bygone time of great wealth. Could anyone imagine today's govt. taking on building a railway system of such massive proportions as the Victorians did?

Then again, that cut over th' pennines was another one...

talentedbutslow · 21-06-2007, 19:55

It was completed in 1852......and has 49 brick arches............

spud · 21-06-2007, 20:26

49, NEVER!

I'm counting them in the morn!!

Don'tr know why bt 17 arches rings a bell...

WillowTheWhisp · 21-06-2007, 22:29

Remember there's a solid lump between Whalley Road and the main viaduct so that arch probably doesn't count.

cashman · 21-06-2007, 22:47

if theres 49 tal, i will become a dingle.

WillowTheWhisp · 21-06-2007, 23:15

Sounds more like the Ribblehead viaduct or something maybe. Perhaps ours is the tightest curve of a viaduct.

entwisi · 22-06-2007, 06:25

There is a panormama here

that seems to have about 22 that I can count.

(Kipax, its OK, its HBCs bandwidth I'm nicking

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WillowTheWhisp · 22-06-2007, 07:44

It's hard to tell from that because some of the arches are behind a tree but I think I counted 24!

talentedbutslow · 22-06-2007, 09:28

This is straight outta Google.............

LANCASHIRE ACCRINGTON Accrington means 'place where acorns are ...Discover more about it's history by following the Accrington Acorn Trail, ...... The nearly railway viaduct, completed in 1852, with its 49 brick arches, ...