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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-clauses-consolidation-scotland-act-1845/section-42",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/8-9/33",
  "legislation_title": "Railways Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-clauses-consolidation-scotland-act-1845",
  "path": "section/42",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Construction of bridges over roads.",
  "text": "Every bridge to be erected for the purpose of carrying the railway over any road, except as otherwise provided by the special Act, shall be built in conformity with the following regulations; (that is to say,)\nThe width of the arch shall be such as to leave thereunder a clear space of not less than 7.62 metres if the arch is over a public road and 3.66 metres if over a private road:\nThe clear height of the arch from the surface of the road shall not be less than 4.57 metres for a space of 3.05 metres if the arch is over a public road; and the clear height at the springing of the arch shall not be less than 3.66 metres;\nThe clear height of the arch for a space of 2.74 metres shall not be less than 4.27 metres over a private road:\nThe descent made in the road in order to carry the same under the bridge shall not be more than one metre in 20 metres if the bridge is over a public road and one metre in 16 metres if over a private road.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 3(9)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 3(9)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words substituted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 3(9)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words substituted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 3(9)(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/8-9/33/section/42",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:34:08.872763+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}