# The Railway Bridges (Load-Bearing Standards) (England and Wales) Order 1972, Article 4: Load-bearing standards for new railway bridges


Subject to the provisions of this Order, the load-bearing standards for new railway bridges shall be as follows:—
(a) where the road carried by the bridge is a principal road and is also specially classified by the appropriate Minister under section 27(2) of the Local Government Act 1966 as a 45 HB unit road for the purposes of this Order, the standard specified in Part IV of Schedule 1 to this Order;
(b) where the road carried by the bridge is a principal road but does not fall within paragraph (a) above, the standard specified in Part III of Schedule 1 to this Order;
(c) where the road carried by the bridge is not a principal road, the standard specified in Part II of Schedule 1 to this Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1705/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/railway-bridges-load-bearing-standards-england-and-wales-order-1972/article-4
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