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51.448371, -2.580221, Cattle Market Road
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'''To Bristol''': [[Temple Meads]]<br>
'''To Bristol''': [[Temple Meads]]<br>
'''To the Southwest''': [[The New Cut]]
'''To the Southwest''': [[The New Cut]]
== History ==
== History ==
Part of [[Temple Meads]] station is built over [[Cattle Market Road]]. The road curves in a slight crescent as it goes under the station. A series of steel girders form the bridge which is 118m 35ch from [[Paddington]].
Part of [[Temple Meads]] station is built over [[Cattle Market Road]]. The road curves in a slight crescent as it goes under the station. A series of steel girders form the bridge which is 118m 35ch from [[Paddington railway station|Paddington]].
== 2000s ==
 
== 2004 ==
8.8.04
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Image:Cattle Market Road1.jpg|The bridge taking [[Temple Meads]] across Cattle Market Road. Image:Cattle Market Road2.jpg|Part of the viaduct that carries the railway.
Image:Cattle Market Road1.jpg|The bridge taking [[Temple Meads]] across Cattle Market Road.
Image:Cattle Market Road3.jpg|There are a couple of doorways either side of the road that lead into the station.
Image:Cattle Market Road2.jpg|There are a couple of doorways either side of the road that lead into the station.
Image:Cattle Market Road4.jpg|Wouldn't it be nice to see what's beyond the doors? :)  
Image:Cattle Market Road3.jpg|Wouldn't it be nice to see what's beyond the doors? :)  
Image:Cattle Market Road5.jpg|The bridge viewed from the other side. The Wessex [[Class 31]] stabled in the bay platform gives away that this photo was taken on a Sunday. 8.9.04.  
Image:Cattle Market Road4.jpg|The bridge viewed from the other side. The Wessex [[Class 31]] stabled in the bay platform gives away that this photo was taken on a Sunday. 8.9.04.
Image:Cattle Market Road5.jpg|Standing back where I started in the first pic and looking along the embankment towards the Post Office sorting building that dominates the skyline in so many people's Temple Meads photos.  
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[[Category:Bridges]]
[[Category:Bridges]]
[[Category:B&ER]]
[[Category:B&ER]]

Latest revision as of 12:39, 12 July 2022

To Bristol: Temple Meads
To the Southwest: The New Cut

History

Part of Temple Meads station is built over Cattle Market Road. The road curves in a slight crescent as it goes under the station. A series of steel girders form the bridge which is 118m 35ch from Paddington.

2004

8.8.04