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Landore Viaduct

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Landore railway viaduct, Swansea 3844306 a09e1a7b
Landore railway viaduct, Swansea 3844306 a09e1a7b

The Landore viaduct is a railway viaduct over the Swansea valley and the River Tawe at Landore in south Wales. It provides a link between Swansea city center and the West Wales Line to the South Wales Main Line. The valley crossing provides a panoramic view of Landore, Kilvey Hill, the Liberty Stadium and the Swansea Enterprise Park. The Landore viaduct was constructed as a key element of the West Wales Line during the late 1840s. The structure, which has a length of 536-metre (1,759 ft), was originally designed by the famed engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and incorporated a diverse range of structural design elements and was primarily constructed out of timber. It was officially opened to traffic in 1850. The structure was first updated in 1889, using wrought-iron for the central span. Between 1978 and 1979, the majority of the viaduct was re-decked using steel beams. The structure remains in use to the current day.

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Landore Viaduct
A4067, Swansea Plasmarl

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A4067
SA1 2JG Swansea, Plasmarl
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Landore railway viaduct, Swansea 3844306 a09e1a7b
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