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Barnes Railway Bridge: Barnes, London: 1895: Carries the Hounslow Loop Line over the River Thames: Bassaleg Viaduct: Newport, Wales: 1826: Stone arch: II* Second-oldest operational railway bridge in the world, after the Skerne Bridge. Battersea Railway Bridge a.k.a. Cremorne Bridge: Battersea, London: 185 m (607 ft) 1863: Wrought iron arch
It is one of the largest brick structures in the United Kingdom and a major structure of the early railway age. It is immediately north of Stockport railway station. The viaduct was designed by George Watson Buck in consultation with the architect John Lowe for the Manchester and Birmingham Railway. Work began in March 1839 and despite its ...
The bridge carries the railway across the river on a deck supported by a pair of elliptical brick arches which, at the time of their construction, were the widest and flattest in the world. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Each arch has a span of 128 feet (39 m), combined with a rise of only 24 feet (7.3 m).
A 1908 rail map of the surrounding area. The viaduct supports the pink line from London Bridge to Deptford Creek. The SER leased the L&GR from 1845, and in 1847 obtained powers to widen the viaduct still further with the addition of two further lines for 2.65 miles (4.26 km) on the north side to accommodate the Southeastern Railway main line.
The brick viaduct carrying the GWR line into Windsor, looking east towards Eton College. Windsor Railway Bridge is a wrought iron 'bow and string' bridge in Windsor, Berkshire, crossing the River Thames on the reach between Romney Lock and Boveney Lock. It carries the branch line between Slough and Windsor.
Oldest bridge in UK with shops. High Bridge: Berkshire: Reading: 1788: across the River Kennet: High Level Bridge: Tyne and Wear: Newcastle upon Tyne: 1849: I: Road and rail bridge across the River Tyne: Hockenhull Platts: Cheshire: Tarvin: C18: II: Three footbridges across the River Gowy: Holgate Bridge: North Yorkshire: York: 1911: Crosses ...
Underneath the bridge are Surrey Road and Gordon Road near Coy Pond and Bournemouth Gardens as the railway follows Bourne Valley Road towards Branksome. [2] The original bridge was closed in 1965 during the Beeching cuts. [3] On 27 March 1941, an Luftwaffe air raid in World War II hit the nearby canteen at Bourne Valley Gasworks killing 33 ...
Former railway bridges in the United Kingdom (1 C, 35 P) B. Road-rail bridges in the United Kingdom (3 P) E. Railway bridges in England (3 C, 2 P, 1 F) N.