How well do you know your bridges?

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[JayMac]

8. Reedham Swing Bridge.

I could name ten on the list.

[DR7835]

I can name 9 I think.
No. 4 is Meldon Viaduct (a close cousin of 5. )

[grahame]

14 - Tanfield Arch?

(Sorry - amend to say to complete the required answer - before I read the answers above I think I knew were 1, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13 & 14. I think the Tanfield Arch is the most obscure simply because it receives remarkably little publicity for an important structure)

Actually NOT Tanfield Arch; an important structure, but the clue asks for continuous use and in the case of the arch, "The line was later diverted, and no longer uses the bridge".  The answer that I'm looking for is (!) even more obscure.

Open to all now to bridge the gaps - as many as you can - 

1 - Glenfinnan - BobM
2 - Barmouth - TonyN
3 - Calstock - bradshaw
4 - Meldon Viaduct - DR7835
5 - Bennerley Viaduct - Merthyr Imp
6 - Maidenhead - Witham Bobby
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8 - Reedham Swing Bridge - JayMac
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10
11
12
13 - Conway Bridge - Oxonhutch
14
15 - Sloane Square - PrestburyRoad

[Bob_Blakey]

Without some research - AKA^▸ ('also known as') searching t'interweb - I doubt if I would have been able to identify more than 4 of them.

So I think 7 is Welwyn Viaduct, which is apparently also known as the Digswell Viaduct.

(And it is about time this section of the ECML^▸ (East Coast Main Line) was 4-tracked!)

[bradshaw]

Came across this view of Calstock Viaduct from this link
https://imagearchive.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/transport/railways/calstock-viaduct-cornwall-2nd-march-1908-12419298.html

[rogerpatenall]

Sloane Square may have had a bridge, but, more importantly, in my student days was notable for having a very acceptable bar on the clockwise platform.

[bobm]

11 is Whitehouse Bridge just to the east of Swindon Station.

[Mark A]

Has no one landed 12 as Saltash?

Mark

[Mark A]

Actually NOT Tanfield Arch;

14: Skerne Bridge, Darlington?

Mark

https://www.google.com/maps/@54.5336778,-1.5510578,3a,75.4y,20.59h,82.62t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1srDF6YAv4U50tFogu9oCogw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DrDF6YAv4U50tFogu9oCogw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D252.62285%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

[Mark A]

10: Ramsgate viaduct.

Mark

[Mark A]

7: Digswell viaduct.

[grahame]

10: Ramsgate viaduct.

Mark

Answers coming thick and fast - and (as I write) the others all look correct. But Ramsgate was not electrified until 1961/2, and clue included 1926

[grahame]

Just 2 to go:

9. The bridge was designed by the chief engineer of the London and North Western Railway. It opened on 2 March 1863. It carries two tracks and consists of five 120 foot lattice girder arches set on stone piers.

10. Electrified with the (750 V DC^▸ (Direct Current)) third rail system and electric services commenced on 28 February 1926. Early electric services were worked by early Southern Railway 3-car Electric Multiple Unit trains often built from old SECR carriages.

10. has me musing - it seems that there's nothing new in adding new motive power to existing stock;  I find myself thinking of 769s and D76 conversions.

And solutions to date:

1 - Glenfinnan - BobM
2 - Barmouth - TonyN
3 - Calstock - bradshaw
4 - Meldon Viaduct - DR7835
5 - Bennerley Viaduct - Merthyr Imp
6 - Maidenhead - Witham Bobby
7 - Digswell / Welyn Viaduct - Mark A
8 - Reedham Swing Bridge - JayMac
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10
11 - Whitehouse Bridge just to the east of Swindon Station - BobM
12 - Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash - Mark A
13 - Conway Bridge - Oxonhutch
14 - Skerne Bridge, Darlington - Mark A
15 - Sloane Square - PrestburyRoad

[Oxonhutch]

No. 9: Battersea Railway Bridge. The LNWR^▸ (London North Western Railway) connection had me musing over the Runcorn bridge until I realised it didn't have enough spans.

[Mark A]

10: Ramsgate viaduct.

Mark

Answers coming thick and fast - and (as I write) the others all look correct. But Ramsgate was not electrified until 1961/2, and clue included 1926

Aaaarrrgh. The London Bridge to Greenwich viaduct.

Mark