From bridge to viaduct
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Image: © Gordon Hatton Taken: 13 Mar 2016
The view from Newton Cap bridge to the viaduct of the same name. The 11 arch viaduct was built for rail traffic in 1857, but after the demise of the railway it became a route for motor vehicles in 1995, thus avoiding the very narrow medieval bridge upstream.