[Talk-GB] Road/Rail Bridge near Preston Park

[Philip Barnes]

On Tuesday, 4 June 2019, Tony Shield wrote:
> Hi
> 
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/50.83309/-0.14321
> 
> shows New England Road and Old Shoreham Road  Brighton.
> 
> The standard OSM render shows 12 rail lines bridged over the roads, 
> could be read as there being 12 bridges.
> 
> Looking at aerials in JOSM looks like those 12 rail lines cross over 
> using one bridge or perhaps even the road in a tunnel.
> 
> Mapillary detail not available, so in Google Street View there appears 
> to be 3 bridges, an arched bridge at the east end with a light gap 
> between it and the next bridge. This 2nd bridge is joined to the 3rd 
> bridge with no light gap, the west most of the three bridges has support 
> pillars, the central bridge doesn't.
> 
> Mapping this I think should be done as three bridges/areas using 
> man_made=bridge with the railway as layer 1. But what are the other 
> features to identify the arched and the bridge with support columns.
> 
> Thoughts on these railway bridges which are very common?
> 
I have mapped an example just on the north side of Shrewsbury Station.


Phil (trigpoint)

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