Glenfinnan Viaduct, Scotland
Glenfinnan Viaduct, built during the years 1897 and 1901, is essentially a railway viaduct that acts like a bridge for trains, traveling in Glenfinnan along the West Highland Line. In fact, Glenfinnan Viaduct is a 19th-century derivation from the ancient Roman aqueducts, and that is why several early viaducts have a series of arches, mostly of equal length. Since Glenfinnan Viaduct is 380 meters long, it's Scotland's longest railway bridge of concrete, crossing the River Finnan at the amazing height of 30 meters.
But today a lot of people recognize it as "the Harry Potter bridge" because of being filmed in the Harry Potter's movie. Glenfinnan Viaduct is an indisputably impressive work of architecture and even the breathtaking nearby scenery only adds to the overall impression.
Viaduct Defined
If you are uncertain what the word means, viaduct is a sort of bridge, but one which especially stands out on account of its arrangement of columns, piers, and arches that support a lengthy elevated stretch of road or railway.
Generally, a viaduct is constructed in order to permit transport across a river or a low-lying valley or another type of hindrance, by linking two points of about equal elevation. It's common to find a structure constructed with a succession of arches of approximately equal length, the evenness of which could frequently look extraordinary.
