Tavy Bridge
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| Tavy Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Carries | Tamar Valley Line |
| Crosses | Mouth of River Tavy |
| Locale | Bere Ferrers |
| Maintained by | Network Rail |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 453 metres (1,486 ft) |
| Width | 10 metres (33 ft) |
| Longest span | Seventeen |
| Piers in water | Sixteen |
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Tavy Bridge is a railway bridge across the mouth of the River Tavy just east of its confluence with the River Tamar.[1] It was built c1890 by the Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway (PDSWJ) to carry the line from St Budeaux to Bere Alston,[2] now part of the Tamar Valley Line.
Structure
The centre of the bridge is made up of eight iron tied-arch sections supported by seven pairs of cast iron pillars.[3]
To north and south, sections of stone arch connect the centre section to the shore, two arches to the north and seven to the south.[3]
References
- ↑ Ordnance Survey Landranger Sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston area, 1:50000, 1988.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wikimedia Commons photo of Tavy Bridge
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