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[[File: Bridge_32_20150610.jpg |thumb|300px|right| The south portal of Knowlesands Tunnel, looking towards Bridgnorth]]
Knowlesands Tunnel (Bridge 32) is the shorter of the two tunnels on the SVR, being just over 40 yards long. It is located between [[Bridgnorth ]] and [[Hampton Loade]], just north of milepost 149, between [[Bridgnorth signal box|Bridgnorth Down Distant and Down Outer Home signals]].
In common with other portions of the original Severn Valley Line it was built to accommodate a double track at a later date, so has much more clearance than other tunnels. Insufficient traffic materialised to justify the widening to a double track. The main B4555 Bridgnorth-Highley road passes over the railway at this location, but the railway is not visible.
On [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2000|5 November 2000]] torrential rain caused a major landslip at the Bridgnorth end of the tunnel with 3 lengths of track left hanging in space and the embankment spread across the field below. Contractors completed the reinstatement later that month<ref>SVR News 134</ref>.
==See also==
[[List of infrastructure]]<br>
[[Oldbury Viaduct | Towards Bridgnorth]]
==References==
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