Coombe Viaduct near Saltash, Cornwall, UK
N 50° 24.284 W 004° 12.697
30U E 413899 N 5584333
A railway viaduct on the Plymouth to Penzance line.
Waymark Code: WM43KJ
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/02/2008
Views: 11
The viaduct is sited about 0.25 miles from Saltash Station in Cornwall. Because it crossed a deep, muddy tidal inlet, Brunel constructed the original Coombe viaduct on timber piles and used timber trestles instead of stone piers. These were made from four groups of four timber baulks, each group raking inwards towards the top of the trestle. The viaduct was 86 feet high, 603 feet (184 m) long on 9 trestles. The Great Western Railway replaced the wooden viaduct by a stone viaduct on 19 October 1894. This is the one you can see today.
Bridge Type: Arch
Bridge Usage: Railroad
Moving Bridge: Not listed
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