Home wanted for redundant rail bridges
By: Chris Milner
Civil engineering contractor Amey is offering two railway bridges to the heritage railway movement.
The bridge on offer in situ over the M50. Photo: GOOGLE
The two redundant single track bridges span the M50 motorway, between junctions 1 and 2, and previously carried the Midland Railway from Tewkesbury to Great Malvern. The single line from Tewkesbury to Upton-on-Severn closed on August 14, 1961,a year after the M50 opened.The Great Malvern-Upton section closed in December 1952.
Amey says that each span is just under 15 metres long and has a skew of 24 degrees. The pair will be removed during March in an operation that will facilitate a full closure of the motorway.
If any heritage railway is interested in the bridges, please contact Charlie Shaw from Amey on 07855 317771.
In the event a home cannot be found for the bridges, then they are likely to be scrapped
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