Railway bridge over St Mary's roundabout, Doncaster
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Railway bridge over St Mary's roundabout, Doncaster
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 23 Sep 2023
The substantial truss girder bridge, known as Willow Bridge, is designed for heavy freight traffic. It carries the Doncaster Avoiding Line, built by the Great Central Railway in 1908-10 in preparation for the opening of Immingham Dock in 1912, and its purpose was to take slower freight trains to/from Humberside over the LNER's East Coast main line rather than go through Doncaster station. It still fulfils that purpose (though traffic is lighter since the demise of the coal industry), and has never been used for regular passenger services. Source: https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11656853 . The roundabout is later (c.1960) but was probably designed to fit under the existing railway bridges.
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Image Location
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53.529782
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-1.145197