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A two-car train crossing the River Taw viaduct at Umberleigh on its masonry piers

River Taw Viaduct

Umberleigh, North DevonStrengthening a wrought-iron viaduct

Photograph: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0

The five-span wrought-iron viaduct carries the railway over the River Taw, and needed strengthening and repair.

Client
Network Rail, through Dyer & Butler
CASE role
Detailed structural design
Year
2015

The work comprised strengthening plates and stiffeners, bracing, replacement bolts, access grating and masonry repairs.

We also helped to develop the temporary scaffold support, with independent beams spanning between the existing piers to carry access for the repair works.

The girders and masonry piers
The girders and masonry piers.CASE Consultants
The ironwork from below
The ironwork from below.CASE Consultants

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