Dinting Viaduct
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Dinting Viaduct (also known as Dinting Arches) is a 19th-century railway viaduct in Glossopdale in Derbyshire, England, that carries the Glossop Line over a valley at the village of Dinting. It crosses the Glossop Brook and the A57 road between Manchester and Sheffield.
Dinting Viaduct | |
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Coordinates | 53.447554°N 1.972529°W / 53.447554; -1.972529 |
Carries | Glossop Line |
Crosses | Dinting Vale; Glossop Brook; A57 |
Locale | Glossop, Derbyshire, England |
Other name(s) | Dinting Arches |
Maintained by | Network Rail |
Characteristics | |
Total length | 1,200 feet (370 m) |
Height | 119 feet (36 m) |
Design life | 1842: Five laminated wooden arches atop stone piers 1859-60: Arches replaced with wrought-iron girders 1918-20: Seven additional supporting brick piers added |
History | |
Construction start | 5 March 1842 |
Opened | 8 August 1844 (1844-08-08) |
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First opened in 1844 as part of the original Woodhead Line by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway (later the MSLR and GCR), the viaduct has been modified a number of times, most notably by the addition of seven brick strengthening piers in 1918–20. The viaduct comprises three sections: starting from the south end, there is a series of seven stone arches, each 50 feet (15 m) wide. The central section consists of five openings (later divided by strengthening piers). A further four stone arches take the railway to the northerly junction with the branch to Hadfield and into Dinting station.[1] It is of similar design to the shorter Broadbottom Viaduct[1] about 1.5 mi (2.4 km) west down the same line, which crosses the River Etherow at Broadbottom.