175-Year-Old Railway Bridge Still in Use 🚆
Discover how a 175-year-old railway bridge continues to serve today, overcoming valleys, waterways, and canyons with resilience.

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15.9K views • Nov 24, 2025

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Railways encounter a multitude of challenges, but amongst the most demanding of them all comes when faced with crossing the valleys, waterways and canyons that often stand in the way of their progress. In this episode we investigate how the most incredible bridges from around the world help to solve a series of spanning problems.
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Impossible Railways is a unique science and history series that showcases some of the world’s most extraordinary railways, and the daring engineering, that made them possible.
Since their meteoric rise in the 19th Century, railways have been at the forefront of modern engineering and transport. They have conquered the World’s mightiest mountains, crossed the wildest waters, penetrated great wildernesses, and mastered the urban streets.
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Impossible Railways is a unique science and history series that showcases some of the world’s most extraordinary railways, and the daring engineering, that made them possible.
Since their meteoric rise in the 19th Century, railways have been at the forefront of modern engineering and transport. They have conquered the World’s mightiest mountains, crossed the wildest waters, penetrated great wildernesses, and mastered the urban streets.
This film was first broadcast: 2017
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Discover the best science, technology, and engineering shows. Explore amazing experiments, groundbreaking inventions, and the secrets behind incredible builds. Ignite your curiosity!
Content distributed by ITV Studios.
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44:05
Published
Nov 24, 2025
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