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Abbots Langley railway bridge

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It has substantial brickwork above the arch and a course of stonework between the arch and the parapet and has splayed abutments which meet substantial curved wing walls, making the arch look disproportionately small. A stone band runs the length of the parapets, which have been largely rebuilt. The
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in 1837. It was widened in the same style on its eastern side in 1858 when the line was quadruple-tracked but is otherwise largely unaltered since its construction. It is one of several skew bridges on the same section of railway; a short distance to the north west is
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angle of the bridge between the abutments creates a 25-metre (82-foot) tunnel through which the road passes.
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in 1985. Listed building status affords legal protection from unauthorised demolition or modification.
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across Railway Terrace, part of Station Road, at the western edge of
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Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: A Gazetteer of Structures
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Coordinates
51°43′24″N 0°26′52″W / 51.723315°N 0.447871°W / 51.723315; -0.447871
West Coast Main Line
Abbots Langley
Network Rail
listed building
skew bridge
West Coast Main Line
Abbots Langley
listed building
skew arch
Abbots Langley
Kings Langley railway station
Robert Stephenson
London and Birmingham Railway
voussoirs
London and Birmingham Railway
Nash Mills bridge
listed building



Historic England
"Bridge carrying railway over north end of road, Railway Terrace (1100891)"
National Heritage List for England



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