Mossband Viaduct
Mossband Viaduct | |||
Location Map ( geo) | |||
The old Mossband Viaduct in 2004 | |||
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From: | Mossband House | ||
To: | Mossband Hall | ||
Location | |||
NY345656 | |||
County | |||
Cumberland | |||
Highway Authority | |||
National Highways | |||
Opening Date | |||
1974 (A74) 2008 (M6) | |||
On road(s) | |||
M6 | |||
Crossings related to the M6 | |||
The Mossband Viaduct is a bridge of the M6 that goes over the WCML. It is a replacement for the original Mossband Viaduct that used to carry the A74. The original viaduct was a D2 affair and was made of concrete. This bridge though at its end of its life was in very poor repair. It was this bridge that was a factor in the delay of the upgrade of the A74 to motorway thus causing the Cumberland Gap. It wasn't until 2006 that the go head was ordered to replace the bridge. The replacement is offline from the old A74 and was completed by the middle of 2008. The 1974 version of Mossband Viaduct is therefore the only bridge from the D2 A74 between Carlisle and Gretna Green that was rebuilt from scratch and not adopted and modified unlike the other D2 A74 bridges for the M6 on the same stretch. The new viaduct is D3M for the M6 and the non-motorway replacement of the A74 being S2. Although still made of concrete, it should be a better design than the original.
Videos
Mossband Viaduct Timelapse
Carillion and Capita Symonds build a new viaduct over the West Coast Main Line, part of the 'plugging the gap' project to link the M6 with the A74(M)
Links
New Civil Engineer
News and Star
The Rail Engineer
- Rail Engineer Article February 2009 (archive.org)
You Tube
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