CarltonA
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A few years ago I saw a railway bridge next to a level crossing in Hoddesdon. I think there was only about a five foot clearance. Is this the lowest bridge on the network?
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TGVDUDE
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There's a very low bridge at bishton crossing, can't rember its height though, had to bow your head to pass through for sure!
PaulLothian
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Not on the rail network at all, but I remember coming across this aqueduct under the Forth and Clyde Canal many years ago, and deciding not to take my minibus through it! http://www.geolocation.ws/v/W/File:Harestanes Aqueduct - geograph.org.uk - 422509.jpg/-/en
I used to take my brother spotting there in the late 70s. Imagine our delight when somebody drove a Cortina under it forgetting he had a loaded roofrack on his car
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Cliveblackpool
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A bridge with a 6' 9'' between the Largin viaducts, near Trago Mills Two waters Foot, Nr Liskeard Cornwall.
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Tr...=YhErmf2NDdanE9f-Eddshg&cbp=12,87.72,,0,14.59
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Tr...=YhErmf2NDdanE9f-Eddshg&cbp=12,87.72,,0,14.59
brianfraser
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I used to go on holiday as a boy to Monifieth (just north of Dundee) and there was a bridge with 6 feet of clearance I could walk under. Couldn't quite manage that now.
Incidentally, I still see quite a few bridges with the clearance stated in imperial units only, including a recently renovated one not far from where I live.
Incidentally, I still see quite a few bridges with the clearance stated in imperial units only, including a recently renovated one not far from where I live.
Kneedown
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Again, not on the railway, but Mullicourt Aqueduct that carries Well Creek over the Middle level drain near Outwell in Norfolk takes some beating IMO.
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/710356
I think you'd have to watch your head if you were swimming underneath that!
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/710356
I think you'd have to watch your head if you were swimming underneath that!
Firesprite
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Only a fool would go swimming in the Main Drain.
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Firesprite
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I know. There's big Zander with big teeth in them deep murky waters!
I eat zander for breakfast, When all six pumps are running down at the St Germans pumping station, the current is running over ten knots.
VTPreston_Tez
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What about the one in Preston next to the Network Rail building? That's minuscule
The entrance to Starcross Yahct Club is notoriously low among sailors
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fgwrich
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Does remind me of Bender from Futurama's catchphrase!
There is this bizzare Bridge / Level Crossing set up on the GWML in South Wales, where the bridge is only 5"6.
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?sadd...FcIKEwMdoCbU_w&t=h&mra=mift&mrsp=1&sz=19&z=19
Kneedown
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Very healthy breakfast..... full of iron <reaches for coat>
See Manningtree for instance.
Tiny Tim
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Jew's Lane, Twerton, Bath, under the GWML: 6'6".
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ReverendFozz
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What is the width the Bridge at Penshaw near Washington, the Leamside Line goes over it, while i think it is about 8'-9' high, it is not very wide and can just say squeeze a single deck scania or merc citaro bus through it
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O L Leigh
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That's Essex Road.
Does it count now that both the underpass and crossing are closed and have been replaced with a new overbridge...?
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sprinterguy
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It is 12' 3". Certainly not in the same league as some of the crazily low clearances that have been pointed out in other posts in this thread, although that bridge is definitely quite restrictive in terms of both width and height.
Since this has popped up.
The 'low bridge' at Hoddesdon was built as a cattle creep, to allow herds of cows, sheep etc. to cross more easily. It was never intended for motor cars, they didn't exist. The bridge was 'hit' quite often, but I don't recall any damage beyond the paint.
I always used the crossing due to vehicle height. The bridge was not only low, it was single lane and a blind approach. Drivers attempting to go under would often have to brake sharply and reverse due to oncoming traffic. The eastbound traffic almost always left a gap in the queue to avoid blocking the bridge users.
The bridge is still there, but now fenced off. It is too low be useful as a footpath or cycleway.
The 'low bridge' at Hoddesdon was built as a cattle creep, to allow herds of cows, sheep etc. to cross more easily. It was never intended for motor cars, they didn't exist. The bridge was 'hit' quite often, but I don't recall any damage beyond the paint.
I always used the crossing due to vehicle height. The bridge was not only low, it was single lane and a blind approach. Drivers attempting to go under would often have to brake sharply and reverse due to oncoming traffic. The eastbound traffic almost always left a gap in the queue to avoid blocking the bridge users.
The bridge is still there, but now fenced off. It is too low be useful as a footpath or cycleway.
Not sure what the height of the bridge is there - of-course the level crossing has gone. Coundon Rd crossing in Coventry has a road under railway dive-under.
Eagle
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Coundon Road, Coventry is signed 6 ft 9 in (so the actual bridge height will be between 7' and 7' 3"). Clearly the GSV car driver thought s/he was going to have a go at it, and then thought again!
Truggist Lane, Balsall Common (next to Berkswell station) is only 3 inches higherand this time there's no alternative.
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