Talk:Holborn Viaduct

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Cost[edit]

2 million pounds? Source? this money could buy a fleet of ironclads. NVO (talk) 20:57, 1 August 2008 (UTC) - Sorted that out - 2½ mil according to a book published in 1918, blimey that's a lot for a bridge.--Ant (talk) 12:58, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oldest Road-over-road bridge?[edit]

I find the claim that noone had ever built a road bridge over a road before 1864-9 to be a bit far-fetched. No Roman or Chinese city had hills and a need to build a 'road' bridge from one high point to another? Inca cities got any bridges that carry road traffic? What do you call a 'road' anyway? Anything wide enough for a cart? I have had a look via google and can't find anything... anyone out there got a history of road bridges or something? Any copies of a speech from the day, or perhaps the bill of parliament approving the thing? I bet that'd have such a claim were it to be true. Otherwise, I think we should remove the 'fact' *until* it can be backed up? --Ant (talk) 12:58, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Complete nonsense - without even looking, I can tell you that Highgate Archway (carried Hornsey Lane over the Great North Road, on the site of what's now Suicide Bridge) was built in 1813, decades before Holborn Viaduct. – iride scent 13:08, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]