Borle Viaduct
Borle Viaduct carries the SVRSevern Valley Railway over Borle Brook, which feeds into the River Severn from the hills to the west of the Railway. 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 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.
The photograph shows the Viaduct as seen from the Severn Way looking west.
Sources
- ↑ From The Window, Severn Valley Railway
See also
Towards Kidderminster
List of infrastructure
Towards Bridgnorth
