V is for Viaduct#

Sun May 11 12:30:03 2025

Says wikipedia:

The railway initially planned to build the viaduct with laminated timber but Bruff opted for brick to reduce the cost.

V is for Viaduct. Chappel Viaduct is probably the fifth largest brick-built structure in the UK, using seven million bricks to span 320 metres. Each pillar has an ovaloid cutout in it so you can stand underneath it in the middle and look through the pillars to either end

The trip there was via everybody's favourite road the B184 which I am gradually learning to remember (but still got lost in Dunmow) then a bit of dual carriageway and then some quite narrow gravely roads through villages all called Something Colne (I may be wrong about that last bit, the sun was shining on the screen so I couldn't see the map. There was definitely gravel, though.

Had to park on the grass when I got there, but with the lack of rain recently the earth is baked hard, so no risk of the side stand sinking into the ground

Images are all of the viaduct from various angles