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Old November 17th 06, 11:17 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
Sam Wilson Sam Wilson is offline
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Default The first bow-string arch bridge in Britain to carry a railway

In article . com,
"Mario Lanza" wrote:

Peter Fox wrote:
"John Rowland" wrote in message
...
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/press-cent...releases-conte
nt.asp?prID=934

Rubbish. There is a bowstring arch bridge on the Sheffield Supertram
system,
right in the middle of the city.

Peter Fox


Yeap, one quick search on Google can confirm this.

http://www.lusas.com/case/bridge/supertram.html


And the Saltash Bridge is a part-bowstring design, though perhaps that
doesn't count.

Sam