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pillars, embedded in the river bed. The main span is 30 m (88 ft 6 in) wide and the total length of the bridge is 85.24 m (279 ft 8 in). It is 35 mi 3 furlongs (57 km) upstream of
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of around 25 soldiers. In 1995, the viaduct was painted bright yellow in a £15,000 experimental project to prevent swans from flying into it.
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An act of parliament was granted in 1853, authorising the Staines, Wokingham and Woking railway (SWWR) to build a line between
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Staines Railway Bridge was designed by John Gardner and cost £10,000 to build. It is constructed of
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The adjacent Thames Street bridge, which carries the railway over the B376 and the
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Branch lines around Ascot : from Ash Vale, Weybridge, Staines and Wokingham
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During the Second World War, the line was used to transport supplies to
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A complete treatise on cast and wrought iron bridge construction
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Coordinates
51°25′50″N 0°30′40″W / 51.4306°N 0.5112°W / 51.4306; -0.5112
Waterloo to Reading line
River Thames
Staines-upon-Thames
Clearance below
Staines-upon-Thames
Surrey
Waterloo to Reading line
Thames
Thames Path

Staines
Wokingham railway stations
River Thames
London and South Western Railway
electrified
wrought iron
cast iron
London Bridge
Portsmouth Naval Base
platoon
Thames Path

Staines Railway Bridge
Staines Bridge
Crossings of the River Thames
"River Thames: distances and measurements for boaters"
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