The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 provides, by section 51, as to roads crossing a railway by bridges, that where a bridge has been built to the original width of the road but not up to the maximum prescribed by the Act, when the road is subsequently widened the railway is bound to widen the bridge.
Held that the liability of the railway company under the section extended only to the bridge actually intersecting the railway line and not to the approaches thereto.
Judges:
Lord Chancellor (Loreburn), the Earl of Halsbury, Lords Ashbourne and Macnaghten
Citations:
[1909] UKHL 1037, 46 SLR 1037
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Transport, Land
Updated: 11 June 2022; Ref: scu.620577