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Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne crossing. Talking of new footbridges, here’s a new one installed in all its green splendour! I’ll post some more photos later. 1683988350 Added some more images below. 1683994862 A few shots from Lady Anne crossing Crane and Loco either side of...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne crossing. Still grading the embankment and footpath with some services starting to be installed. Rutland Road Concrete pouring today from Rutland road for the footbridge support below - down Huddersfield line. The photos don’t fully describe...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne crossing. Still grading the embankment and footpath. A new signal has appeared on the up Huddersfield line and opposite the one on the down Huddersfield. (These are located between LadyAnne crossing and the new footbridge) As both signals are...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne crossing. Re New Footbridge - looks like the main part of the bridge has arrived. 1683207742 Great photo - thanks. With your earlier post and diagram of the rebar foundation, this makes more sense of how it all fits together.

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne crossing. Still grading the embankment and footpath. Rutland Road They have been pouring concrete and building an additional rebar structure adjacent to the Huddersfield down line. New Footbridge Bridge. Some of it currently parked on a couple...

Thank you for the information and I guess the height is a reflection of providing safety on/for a yet to be electrified railway. 1683053645 Thanks for the kind words. As promised in an earlier post, a street view from tonight in 2nd photo below.

Thanks for the replies and information. Here goes for the image, not sure on posting a link though. For detail, the red pin is the location of the footbridge with a street view below for prospective. With Street view, to the left of the telegraph pole will be the entrance to the footbridge...

Not sure I can post Google map images here? If you pull up a map image of Rutland Road Batley and it’s relationship with St Thomas’s church (on your left) and the hairpin bend towards Lady Anne signal box. Just beyond the bend (on your right) is a telegraph pole - this location is the start of...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing. Still working on the embankment shape and grade here. The new footpath is slowly being defined and marked out at a trackside level. Rutland Road Working adjacent to the down Huddersfield line and the Rutland Road embankment. The rebar...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing. Work here has a change of pace with more heavy plant and machinery in play. The shape of the embankment and new footpath at the side of the up Huddersfield line is more advanced. The former abutment trackside foundation is being removed. (1st...

Thank you for the kind words. The signal box is still there with an unrestricted view form Rutland Road. Although, the box is due to be decommissioned in May or June and it’s future is uncertain. I hope it stays but I suspect it will be either given to a heritage railway or demolished to...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing. Some overnight work - a new signal base installed on the up Huddersfield line opposite the already installed signal on the down Huddersfield line nr the footbridge location. Also, some more work on the new pathway. There appears to be...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing. Still working to grade and shape the embankment and area around the new footbridge. More of a defined outline for the new pathway seen in the 2nd / 3rd pictures. Rutland Road. Started to back-fill the bridge landing and surrounding area...

Thank you for the response. I don’t work within the rail or construction industry’s so the input is valued. The idea to take photos was based on recording a bit of social history in my local area. The bridge abutment has stood within this area for over one hundred & fifty years. I just thought...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing. Still grading the embankment and working backwards from Lady Anne crossing towards the new footbridge location. Rutland Road Working on the trackside embankment at this location. (Not really visible as the view is restricted.) When viewed...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing. Still grading the embankment and what will become the new line side footpath. Rutland Road The trackside footbridge support foundation has been revealed in part - now part covered with large concrete blocks.

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing. The work here is now focused on grading the embankment and shaping the new footpath alignment from the new footbridge location. Some concrete delivery from Howley Lane side of the the works to the trackside footbridge support has taken...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing. Cutting of the retaining wall appears to be complete now. All machinery and waste materials cleared. New signal spotted having a lie down before being put to work! This one is between Lady Anne crossing and the new footbridge - up Leeds...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing. I thought they had finished cutting the retaining wall here until today. Today’s cut is a diagonal one on the corner of the abutment. Rutland Road Concrete pour here today.

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing. Not much change here after the Final Cut to the retaining wall. New Footbridge - looks like the first pour of the Adwalton landing point has been completed. Re-bar still showing for the next stage. (Unfortunately, I can’t see if the Rutland...