Dinting viaduct
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The central section as viewed from the A57; 2008
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| Coordinates | 53°26′51″N 1°58′21″W / 53.447554°N 1.972529°WCoordinates: 53°26′51″N 1°58′21″W / 53.447554°N 1.972529°W |
| Carries | Glossop Line |
| Crosses | Dinting Vale; Glossop Brook; A57 |
| Locale | Glossop, Derbyshire, England |
| Other name(s) | Dinting Arches |
| Maintained by | Network Rail |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 1,200 feet (370 m) |
| Height | 119 feet (36 m) |
| History | |
| Construction start | 5 March 1842 |
| Opened | 8 August 1844 |
 Dinting Viaduct
Location in Derbyshire
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Dinting Viaduct (also known as Dinting Arches) is a 19th-century railway viaduct in Glossopdale in Derbyshire, England, that carries the Glossop Line over a valley at the village of Dinting. It crosses the Glossop Brook and the A57 road between Manchester and Sheffield.
First opened in 1844 as part of the original Woodhead Line by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway (later the MSLR and GCR), the viaduct has been modified a number of times, most notably by the addition of seven brick strengthening piers in 1918–20. The viaduct comprises three sections: starting from the south end, there is a series of seven stone arches, each 50 feet (15 m) wide. The central section consists of five openings (later divided by strengthening piers). A further four stone arches take the railway to the northerly junction with the branch to Hadfield and into Dinting station. It is of similar design to the shorter Broadbottom Viaduct about 1.5 mi (2.4 km) west down the same line, which crosses the River Etherow at Broadbottom.
The modern-day Glossop branch line originally opened as the Woodhead Line in December 1845, which linked Sheffield to Manchester. It was closed in 1981 leaving only the Manchester to Glossop/Hadfield section still in operation. The viaduct over the River Etherow at Broadbottom had been completed in December 1842, extending train services to Glossop, with the contract for the Dinting viaduct being let in June that year. In August 1844 the bridge was opened allowing trains to reach Hadfield from Manchester. The original construction of the two bridges used laminated timber arches.
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