Brow Lane Railway Viaduct - West Scholes, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 46.625 W 001° 50.491
30U E 576341 N 5959342
This single arch stone railway viaduct used to carry The Great Northern Railway line but now carries the 'rails to trails' Great Northern Railway Trail (National Route 69).
Waymark Code: WMV4T5
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/23/2017
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The Railway
In 1864, the Halifax & Ovenden Junction Railway was given permission by Parliament to build a line from Halifax to Holmefie1d. The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) and the Great Northern Railway (GNR) were both subscribers to this scheme. In 1871, the Bradford & Thornton Railway, supported by local industrialists and the GNR, was also granted rights to construct a line to serve the industries to the west of Bradford. A more ambitious plan was devised in 1873 to connect both of these lines and also construct a route through towards Keighley. This necessitated the boring of the Queensbury Tunnel and excavating a rock face called Strines' cutting. In total they cut, blasted and dug through over 2 miles of solid rock. This proved to be costly and major undertaking which was not without incident.
The Bridge
The bridge carries the Great Northern Railway Trail over Brow Lane. Unusually a track leading to a farm joins the road under the bridge and so the road way splits into two under the bridge.
Original Use: Railroad
Date Built: 1878
Construction: Stone
Condition: Good
Date Abandoned: 1965
Bridge Status - Orphaned or Adopted.: Adopted
See this website for more information: Not listed
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