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| − | [[File: Bridge_21_20150607.jpg |thumb|300px|right| Borle Viaduct (Bridge 21)]] | + | [[File: Bridge_21_20150607.jpg |thumb|300px|right| Borle Viaduct (Bridge 21) from the Severn Valley Way looking west]] |
| − | Borle Viaduct (Bridge 21) carries the SVR over Borle Brook | + | |
| + | Borle Viaduct (Bridge 21) carries the SVR over Borle Brook. Like other bridges on the Severn Valley Railway, it was built with the capacity for dual tracks but only ever installed for single line running. | ||
The viaduct is 42 yards in length, with four arches of 25ft span. The viaduct has suffered from mining subsidence over the years. Regular re-ballasting to overcome this has resulted in the line now being above the original parapet walls<ref>From The Window, Severn Valley Railway</ref>. | The viaduct is 42 yards in length, with four arches of 25ft span. The viaduct has suffered from mining subsidence over the years. Regular re-ballasting to overcome this has resulted in the line now being above the original parapet walls<ref>From The Window, Severn Valley Railway</ref>. | ||
| − | Borle Brook | + | ==Borle Brook== |
| + | [[File: Borle_Viaduct_20170618.jpg |thumb|300px|right| Borle Viaduct looking east]] | ||
| + | Borle Brook rises in the hills to the west of the Railway. It passes near the former [[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway#Billingsley Colliery| Billingsley Colliery]] and [[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway#Kinlet Colliery| Kinlet Colliery]] before flowing under Borle Viaduct. From there it passes under [[Brooksmouth Bridge]], via which the Severn Way runs along the bank of the River Severn between [[Highley]] and [[Arley]], before exiting into the River Severn. | ||
| − | + | A public footpath from the Severn Way runs beneath Bole Viaduct on the north side of Borle Brook, giving access to the west side of the viaduct. | |
| − | + | Borle Brook is normally an insignificant stream, but during the [[2007 Storm Damage | freak storm of June 2007]] it became a raging torrent which damaged the concrete and brick 'training walls' upstream and downstream of the viaduct itself. It took some months for the water level in the brook to subside sufficiently for repairs to be carried out; these involved soil nailing and installing rock filled 'gabion' baskets. The delay meant this was the last area to be reinstated shortly before the public re-opening of the whole line in March 2008. | |
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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[[List of infrastructure]]<br> | [[List of infrastructure]]<br> | ||
[[Fishermen's Crossing | Towards Bridgnorth]] | [[Fishermen's Crossing | Towards Bridgnorth]] | ||
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| + | == References== | ||
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Revision as of 16:14, 20 June 2017
Borle Viaduct (Bridge 21) carries the SVRSevern Valley Railway over Borle Brook. Like other bridges on the Severn Valley Railway, it was built with the capacity for dual tracks but only ever installed for single line running.
The viaduct is 42 yards in length, with four arches of 25ft span. The viaduct has suffered from mining subsidence over the years. Regular re-ballasting to overcome this has resulted in the line now being above the original parapet walls[1].
Borle Brook
Borle Brook rises in the hills to the west of the Railway. It passes near the former Billingsley Colliery and Kinlet Colliery before flowing under Borle Viaduct. From there it passes under Brooksmouth Bridge, via which the Severn Way runs along the bank of the River Severn between Highley and Arley, before exiting into the River Severn.
A public footpath from the Severn Way runs beneath Bole Viaduct on the north side of Borle Brook, giving access to the west side of the viaduct.
Borle Brook is normally an insignificant stream, but during the freak storm of June 2007 it became a raging torrent which damaged the concrete and brick 'training walls' upstream and downstream of the viaduct itself. It took some months for the water level in the brook to subside sufficiently for repairs to be carried out; these involved soil nailing and installing rock filled 'gabion' baskets. The delay meant this was the last area to be reinstated shortly before the public re-opening of the whole line in March 2008.
See also
Towards Kidderminster
List of infrastructure
Towards Bridgnorth
References
- ↑ From The Window, Severn Valley Railway
