Southdown Road Skew Bridge | |
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.jpg) West face of Southdown Road Skew Bridge showing the stepped nature of its intrados | |
| Coordinates | 51°48′29″N 0°20′47″W / 51.8080°N 0.3465°W |
| Carries | Midland Main Line railway |
| Crosses | Minor road |
| Locale | Harpenden, Hertfordshire |
| Maintained by | Network Rail |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Ribbed skew arch |
| Material | Brick |
| No. of spans | 1 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1868 |
| Location | |
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Southdown Road Skew Bridge is a ribbed skew arch railway bridge, which carries the Midland Main Line across Southdown Road in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. Built of brick by the Midland Railway and opening in 1868, it is notable for its extreme skew angle of approximately 65°.[1]
- ^ "TL1413 : Harpenden: Southdown Road skew bridge (1)". Geograph. Retrieved 12 August 2009.