I see that the bridge at Tadcaster has just collapsed. Some of our favourite
bike cafes are in the town, will need to plan carefully how we deal with the
enforced diversions and still allow time to stop. Funnily enough, we were
walking in the fields and woods around Tad this afternoon and wanted to go
to a café but the bridge was closed at the time (flooding), only to collapse
3 hours later.
... pedestrians and cyclists will retain access to the crossing from Barnes to Hammersmith.
colin54 wrote:View of a bridge really. I've noticed this 'skew' bridge on the Leeds - Liverpool canal just south of Chorley where a railway line crosses it at an oblique angle. I was amazed how the curved stones were carved,
they appear to change direction in the middle of the span.The bridge was built in 1838, and is mentioned in the wikipedia article .It's built to a logarithmic pattern apparently, some clever folks about,
the designer and the stone masons, not me though, it just boggles my mind.
Views from both directions.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skew_arch
colin54 wrote:It's easy to take bridges for granted, they can almost go unnoticed until there's a problem, like the Hammersmith one mentioned above.
colin54 wrote:In contrast to the sophistication of the skew bridge, I happened upon this bridge made from about five pieces of rough hewn stone , I wonder how old it is ? The stream drops a few feet the other side of it into a narrow gorge, I'd never noticed it before yesterday, half way up Winter Hill. A bit of a feat itself in it's own way, the two slabs on top must weigh a good bit.The water flows through a slightly more modern bit of concrete pipe upstream of it. I imagine there are thousands like these around the country, just as useful as modern bridges in their day. Maybe a sheep crossing ?
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There's been a lot of activity over the centuries that has often left its mark hidden away.colin54 wrote:View of a bridge really. I've noticed this 'skew' bridge on the Leeds - Liverpool canal just south of Chorley where a railway line crosses it at an oblique angle. I was amazed how the curved stones were carved,
they appear to change direction in the middle of the span.The bridge was built in 1838, and is mentioned in the wikipedia article .It's built to a logarithmic pattern apparently, some clever folks about,
the designer and the stone masons, not me though, it just boggles my mind.
Views from both directions.
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P1110917 (1024x424).jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skew_arch
colin54 wrote:It's easy to take bridges for granted, they can almost go unnoticed until there's a problem, like the Hammersmith one mentioned above.
In contrast to the sophistication of the skew bridge, I happened upon this bridge made from about five pieces of rough hewn stone , I wonder how old it is ? The stream drops a few feet the other side of it into a narrow gorge, I'd never noticed it before yesterday, half way up Winter Hill. A bit of a feat itself in it's own way, the two slabs on top must weigh a good bit.The water flows through a slightly more modern bit of concrete pipe upstream of it. I imagine there are thousands like these around the country, just as useful as modern bridges in their day. Maybe a sheep crossing ?
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, so when I saw this thread revival I was determind to get out and get a picture, so 20 miles and a pair of dysfunctional legs later 
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