The Bristol Railway Archive

Just wondering why a bridge which has no railway under but carries rhubarb loop above should be encrusted with thick sooty deposits underneath.
I am sure some body will tell me that there was a line under bridge which must (as far I can tell have curved sharply to the right and down side of rhubarb pub due to gradient.
From beneath, bridge looks like it was one bridge made of two or built in this way to handle stresses of curvature from loop ( you can probably tell I am guessing a bit now)

I am not quite sure where you mean - can you be a bit more precise with the location ?

Not that I can provide any reason, but is where you mean, Silverthorne Lane meets Queen Ann Road?

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&sourc ... 6&t=h&z=17

This place:

http://bristol-rail.co.uk/wiki/index.ph ... n_Ann_Road

I think the sooty deposits will be from various cars set on fire underneath it!

Yes that is the one. strange shape underneath. Must have been quite a few cars torched underneath to produce that amount of soot, I've seen that amount or less on bridges that train went under.
As you can tell I am not from Briz, but enjoy exploring by foot.
Thanks all.

Went exploring redclif to find tunnel. Found both ends, neither were quite where I expected and the docks (welsh back?) end is certainly well protected with security cameras and railings, what do they keep in there, Cruise missiles.

Hi There
When I was a young fireman there was a gang of us used to hang out under that tunnel and in the shaftbury crusade for cups of tea and coffee
or a bun. We could wave out to our mates as they passed by on the footplate doing there shift, good old days they were