THE HOLBORN VIADUCT.

West Coast Times, Issue 1326, 22 December 1869, Page 2

THE HOLBORN VIADUCT.

Tbis »reat and much needed work rapidly approaches completion, and will iv the course of a few days be opened for public traffic. The alterations aud demolitions rendered uecetbary to the construction of the viaduct which now bridges the' valley, and those consequent on the erection of the new Meat Market, have so removed the old landmarks, and 80 transformed the district that the oldest inhabitant finds himself compelled to learn the local'geography afresh. The viaduct is about 1400 feet in length, by 80ft wide, and of the 80ft 50 are deroted to a roadway and 15 to a footway op either side, It ocoupiea nearly tho entire ~«pac_ jvhioh ww until rerontiy known it Bklnnsv-street, find a small porttono?

the churchyard of St. Sephulchre, and forms a gentle curve from the western end of Newgate-street, running thence in a straight line to the western side of Far-ringdon-street, from which it is carried to Hatton-garden. The roadway is for all purposes of traffic level, and is supported by solid double archways, of 24ft span. The two footways are carried by smaller arches of 10ft diameter, rising from one to three tiers according to the dip of the

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