Worsbrough Branch Viaduct Over The River Dove - Swaithe, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member dtrebilc
N 53° 31.750 W 001° 26.222
30U E 603600 N 5932275
This railway viaduct was built to carry the line of the Grand Central railway over the River Dove.
Waymark Code: WMZ97Y
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/03/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member wayfrog
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"The Great Central Railway's Worsborough (or Worsbrough) Branch was a goods only branch running from West Silkstone Junction on the Penistone to Barnsley line to Wombwell Main Junction on the South Yorkshire Railway. A number of coal mines were served along the route, but principally it was a bypass route to relieve congestion at Barnsley and there were no intermediate stations. The line was an engineering nightmare. There were two tunnels -- Silkstone No. 1, 289 yards and Silkstone No. 2, 74 yards -- and the grades were quite horrendous. The 7-mile Worsborough Bank included a 3-mile section at an average grade of 1 in 40. With the mining subsidence that took place over the years the grade was in places even worse, making this the steepest incline on a main line in Britain. The line opened to traffic on 2 August 1880. It was electrified as part of the Manchester to Sheffield and Wath electrification of the 1950s, but closed with the rest of that system in the 1981." link

The route of the Worsbrough Line is now a rails to trails route and forms part of both the Dove Valley Trail and the Trans Pennine Trail.

At some point the concrete foundations of the bridge have been strengthened with cross beams across the width of the river.
Bridge Type: Girder

Bridge Usage: Pedestrian

Moving Bridge: This bridge is static (has no moving pieces)

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