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Latitude: 52.9705 / 52°58'13"N
Longitude: -2.6712 / 2°40'16"W
OS Eastings: 355019
OS Northings: 341673
OS Grid: SJ550416
Mapcode National: GBR 7L.JZLR
Mapcode Global: WH89H.YL5L
Plus Code: 9C4VX8CH+6G
Entry Name: Footbridge to North of Whitchurch Railway Station
Listing Date: 23 December 1997
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1376790
English Heritage Legacy ID: 469008
ID on this website: 101376790
Location: Waymills, Shropshire, SY13
County: Shropshire
Civil Parish: Whitchurch Urban
Built-Up Area: Whitchurch
Traditional County: Shropshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire
Church of England Parish: Whitchurch St Alkmund
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
Tagged with: Footbridge
SJ54SE
1575/2/10003
WHITCHURCH RURAL
STATION ROAD (North, off)
Footbridge to North of Whitchurch Railway Station
II
Alternatively known as: Footbridge to North of Whitchurch, Black Park Road.
Footbridge. c1872. Built for the London and North Western Railway Company. Cast iron and wood. Single span suspension bridge for the carrying of pedestrians over the railway line. A-frame wooden vertical supports with iron bracing and joints linked at the base to curved stone foundation blocks with iron rods. Small outer frames at the end of the bridge decking link to iron steps at either end. Decking has wooden planks set into iron frame with thin iron balustrades. Suspension cables made of forged iron link chains from which the flat decking is hung by iron rods. This is a very early and rare example of a pedestrian suspension bridge.
Listing NGR: SJ5501941673
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