Longest Span For a Aqueduct

[llangatwgnedd]

Thought you might be interested in work thats going on near where I live on building a new aqueduct

First two pictures is over a year ago showing the bailey bridge put there as a temporary measure to allow walkers to cross the river after a fifty year gap.

The pipes still carried water to the oil Industrys further down the valley and the payments kept the canal open, a large paper mill know uses the water.

Apparently the span will be the longest in the UK for a aqueduct.

And a rather large view

http://premium1.uploadit.org/Llangatwgnedd//Dec-07-030.jpg


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[Shultzy]

Sawdust Producer, I presume you mean the longest single span as ours is longer bit not single span. How long it is?

http://www.lhcrt.org.uk/aqueduct.htm#top

 

[llangatwgnedd]

Oops, :?
Yes, unsupported single span aqueduct, 34m long.

What's the lenght of the Lichfield aqueduct?

 

[JackL]

We've got the Edstone aqueduct on the Stratford-on-Avon canal that takes the canal over the road and railway.
Not sure of the longest single span, but in total it's 754 feet long. Very high and quite a sight, especially when you are up there looking down!

 

[tim]

Forgive me as I'm not an engineer but its rather underwhelming.

Cheers

Tim

 

[Shultzy]

Sawdust Producer, the aqueduct is about 42m long, so that makes it two 21m spans - you win