2016

ST7661 : Long Arch Bridge, Midford

taken 8 years ago, near to South Stoke, Bath And North East Somerset, England

Long Arch Bridge, Midford
Long Arch Bridge, Midford
A short 66 yard tunnel under a minor road at Midford on the Somerset & Dorset Railway, known informally to loco crews as "Long Arch Bridge". The line opened in 1874 and closed in 1966 and is now a cycleway and footpath known as the Two Tunnels Greenway. Although if you count this as a tunnel, there are actually three tunnels. Near here the trackbed of the Great Western Railway's Hallatrow to Limpley Stoke branch - closed in 1951 and famous for being used as the set of the classic Ealing comedy, the Titfield Thunderbolt - passes under the S&D's Midford viaduct.

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Geographical Context: Paths Railways Derelict, Disused Place: Midford Primary Subject: Bridge other tags: Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Cycleway Two Tunnels Greenway Long Arch Bridge Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Tunnels Greenway [15] · Road [8] · Bridge [6] · Ealing Comedy [3] ·
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ST7661, 84 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
John Winder   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 9 November, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 20 November, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 7611 6101 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:20.8598N 2:20.6645W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 7613 6106
View Direction
South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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