Viaduct

Front cover of VIADUCT zine.

One of Birmingham's lesser-known accomplishments is that it is home to Britain's longest viaduct. Such an achievement might be ironically celebrated elsewhere, but Birmingham generally ignores such peculiar distinctions. The structure is not elegant, it is not traditionally beautiful and, with the passage of over fifty years since it was erected in concrete, it is not entirely sturdy. Yet, it looms on the horizon for five and a half miles to the north of Birmingham, a pale reminder of the city raising the motor car both in its esteem and high above the ground below. The viaduct was raised to take the M6 over the River Tame between Castle Bromwich and Spaghetti Junction.



VIADUCT Zine

"VIADUCT" is a 20-page zine providing a (blithe rather than exact) Field Guide for walking Bromford Viaduct. 

The guide follows seven points, or nodes, along the Viaduct route: Pimple (Castle Bromwich), Firs, Stretch, Forge (Bromford), Cut, Caves, and Interchange (Spaghetti Junction). 

See the "slide show" of the route along the Viaduct (or see all the slides).

Viaduct is part of Tame Walking.


Zine Blurb


Page 7.


Page 19.

Central collage-poetry map.



All illustrations, hand-cut collages, text and design are by Jen Dixon, 2023.