Hereford Road Skew Bridge | |
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.jpg) East face of Hereford Road Skew Bridge showing the stepped nature of its intrados | |
| Coordinates | 52°02′42″N 2°25′43″W / 52.0450°N 2.4286°W |
| Carries | Ledbury Town Trail |
| Crosses | A438, Hereford Road |
| Locale | Ledbury, Herefordshire |
| Maintained by | Herefordshire Council |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Ribbed skew arch |
| Material | Stone, brick |
| No. of spans | 1 |
| History | |
| Construction end | 1881 |
| Opened | 1885 |
| Location | |
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Hereford Road Skew Bridge is a disused railway bridge in Ledbury, Herefordshire. Built in 1881 to carry the Ledbury and Gloucester Railway across the Hereford Road at an angle of approximately 45°, it was built as a ribbed skew arch with stone spandrels and wing walls, and ribs of blue brick.[1][2] The railway line was closed in 1959 and the bridge is now used as part of the Ledbury Town Trail footpath.[3][4]
- ^ Rankine, William John Macquorn (1867). A Manual of Civil Engineering (5th ed.). London: Charles Griffin & Company. p. 432.
- ^ Purvis, Rob. "SO7038 : Old railway bridge, Ledbury". Geograph. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
- ^ "Photo by D. J. Norton, Ledbury". Retrieved 20 September 2009.
- ^ Greene, Miranda (2005). "Herefordshire Through Time: Ledbury Town Walk". Herefordshire Council. Archived from the original on 3 November 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2009.