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BOSTON TF3244NW WITHAM BANK 716-1/4/247 Grand Sluice Railway Bridge 02/05/86 II Railway bridge. 1884-5 by Richard Johnson, chief engineer of the Great Northern Railway. Riveted cast-iron with timber deck, red brick abutments. Double track skew bridge, over River Witham and flanking roadways, on north-west side of the Grand Sluice. 3 spans. The outer spans are each carried by 3 parallel segmental iron arches braced by lattice strips in the spandrels and supported on outer brick abutments and inner circular caisson piers set into the river bed, one pier to each arch. The narrower central span is supported by horizontal solid plate girders. This bridge was built to replace an earlier iron and timber bridge; and was built by Stanningley Iron Works, Leeds and open to traffic on 20 May 1885. It is still in use. Listing NGR: TF3234844540

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