{"id":9462,"date":"2025-03-13T17:39:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T17:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=9462"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:36:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:36:51","slug":"halscombe-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/halscombe-lane\/","title":{"rendered":"112 Halscombe Lane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A chilly northerly decided the scout against a longer ride and instead he went from Marsh Barton to have a look at the recent work done at Halscombe by National Highways.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Halscombe Lane is a “no through road” off Westown Road, which continues from Station Road in Ide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What determined that there is an embankment at Halscombe, instead of a viaduct, must have been the vast amount of earth produced by the neighbouring cuttings. In this view from Westown Road, Halscombe Lane can be seen at middle right. When the trees come into leaf, the track level will be obscured.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Unusually, the E.R. Gradient Diagram shows the ground profile and it can be seen how the surveyors designed the earthworks to be in balance as far as possible, with excavated material being only enough for the embankments, allowing for tipped material having a greater bulk.
The embankment at Halscombe, the highest on the line and the whole route, can be seen just beyond the easing of the gradient through Ide. +<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n