List of railway bridges and viaducts in the United Kingdom

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This is a list of viaducts and significant bridges of the United Kingdom's railways, past and present.

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A

Name Location Length (m) Date Type Grade Notes Image
Accrington Viaduct Accrington, Lancashire 231.6 1847 II Grade 2 listed on 09/03/1984. Viaduct carrying East Lancashire Railway, 1847, by J.S. Perring and D.A. Donaldson; restored 1866-7. Curving line of 19 (originally 21, 255.7m) semicircular brick arches (40 ft. span, 60 ft. high) with stone plinths, gritstone facings, rusticated voussoirs, roll-moulded string course, and parapet. At the south end the line crosses Blackburn road on a segmental arched bridge with battered rock-faced abutments; at the north end are 3 similar arches, (the centre bridging Whalley Road), now separated from the main structure by a short embankment. West side of 5th arch of viaduct has keystone lettered "RH" M 1847 (= Richard Hacking, Manager).
Albert Edward Bridge Coalbrookdale, Shropshire 61 1864 II
Albert Edward Bridge.JPG
Angarrack viaduct Hayle, Cornwall 240 1885
Appleford Railway Bridge River Thames, Oxfordshire 1844
Arnside viaduct River Kent, Cumbria 505 1915
Kent viaduct Arnside.jpg
Arten Gill Viaduct Stone House, Lancashire 201 35.7m high with 11 spans.
Arthington Viaduct Arthington, West Yorkshire 460 1849 Stone arch II 21 arches. Crosses the Wharfe valley. Also known as Wharfedale or Castley Viaduct
Avon Bridge Bristol 1839 Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Avonbridge.JPG
Avon Viaduct aka Birkhill Viaduct Avon River, Scotland Carries the heritage Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway.

B

Name Location Length (m) Date Type Grade Notes Image
Balcombe Viaduct aka Ouse Valley Viaduct Balcombe, West Sussex 450 1841
Ballochmyle Viaduct River Ayr, East Ayrshire 145 1848 Cat. A Highest extant railway viaduct in Britain. Formerly largest masonry arch in the world.
Barnes Railway Bridge Barnes, London 1895 II
BarnesRailwayBridgeUpstream.jpg
Bassaleg Viaduct Newport, Wales 1826 II* Oldest operational railway viaduct in the world.
Battersea Railway Bridge aka Cremorne Bridge Battersea, London 185 1863
BatterseaRailBridge.jpg
Belah Viaduct River Belah, Cumbria 320 1861 Demolished in 1963.
Bennerley Viaduct Awsworth, Nottinghamshire 443 1877
Bennerley Viaduct Ilkeston.jpg
Berwyn Viaduct River Dee, Denbighshire On the Llangollen Railway heritage line.
Betley Bridge River Adur, West Sussex Now part of the Downs Link footpath.
Bickleigh Viaduct Bickleigh, Devon
Big Water of Fleet Viaduct Big Water of Fleet, Galloway
Bittaford Viaduct Ivybridge, Devon
Blackfriars Railway Bridge (current) Blackfriars, London 1886
Blackfriars Railway Bridge (former/original) Blackfriars, London 1865 Only supports remain.
OldBlackfriarsRRBridgeP1090233b.jpg
Black Potts Railway Bridge and Viaduct River Thames, Windsor 1850
Black potts viaduct.jpg
Blackwater Viaduct Chacewater. Cornwall Only wooden viaduct in England
Blatchford Viaduct Ivybridge, Devon
Bleach Green Viaduct Newtownabbey, County Antrim 1933
Bolitho Viaduct Liskeard, Cornwall 166 1882
Border Counties Bridge River Tyne, Hexham, Northumberland 1856 Only supports remain.
Bourne End Railway Bridge River Thames, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire 1895 Originally carried Broad Gauge.
Britannia Bridge Menai Strait at Anglesey 461 1850 Partially rebuilt in 1970 after a fire.
Brittania Bridge Train crossing 3.JPG
Broadbottom Viaduct aka Etherow Viaduct River Etherow, Derbyshire/Greater Manchester 155 1842 II
Broadbottom Bridges - geograph.org.uk - 11400.jpg
Broadsands Viaduct Goodrington Sands, Devon 66 Carries the Dartmouth Steam Railway heritage line.
Brooksbottom Viaduct River Irwell, Lancashire Carries the East Lancashire Railway heritage line.
Butterley Causeway Butterley Reservoir, Derbyshire Carries the Midland Railway - Butterley heritage line.
Burntisland Viaduct Burntisland, Fife 1888
Bushey Arches Watford, Hertfordshire

C

Name Location Length (m) Date Type Grade Notes Image
Cadishead Viaduct Salford and Trafford 37 1893 Disused and corroded
Cadishead Viaduct.jpg
Castor Bridge Wansford and Castor Girder Bridge carrying the preserved Nene Valley Railway across the River Nene
Calder Grove Viaduct Wakefield (disused)
Calstock Viaduct Calstock, Cornwall c.225 1907
Calstock and the Viaduct - geograph.org.uk - 293332.jpg
Cann Viaduct Bickleigh, Devon (disused)
Cannington Viaduct Uplyme, Devon (disused)
Cannon Street Railway Bridge London 1866 Crosses the River Thames
Cannon street railway bridge 2.jpg
Carbis Bay Viaduct Carbis Bay, Cornwall
Carbis Bay Viaduct 2009.jpg
Carlisle Bridge, Lancaster Lancaster c.120 1847 carries West Coast Main Line over the River Lune
Castlefield Viaducts Manchester
Cefn Coed Viaduct Cefn-coed-y-cymmer, Wales
Chappel Viaduct Chappel, Essex
Chacewater Viaduct Chacewater, Cornwall
Chelfham Viaduct Chelfham 120 1897 Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, Devon
Chelmsford Viaduct Chelmsford, Essex
Chelmsfordviaduct.jpg
Chepstow Railway Bridge II Brunel's first lenticular truss
Chesterfield Viaduct Chesterfield, Derbyshire better known as Horns Bridge
Approaching Horns Bridge on A61 - geograph.org.uk - 605196.jpg
Chirk Viaduct near Chirk, Wales
Claverton Street Viaduct Bath, Somerset 120px
Clifton Viaduct Clifton, near Manchester
Conisbrough Viaduct Conisbrough, South Yorkshire now carries a branch of the trans-pennine trail 113 ft high over the River Don
Carthuther Viaduct Liskeard, Cornwall Replaced 1882
Carvedras Viaduct Truro, Cornwall 1904 120px
Clinnick Viaduct near Bodmin Parkway, Cornwall 100 1879
Coat of Arms Bridge Coventry 1844 carried the London and Birmingham Railway over Bridge Road 120px
Cogload Junction Flyover Durston, Somerset 1931 120px
Corby Bridge Wetheral, Cumbria 120px
Corfe Railway Viaduct Dorset carries the Swanage Railway between Corfe Castle and Nordon 120px
Coldrennick Viaduct Menheniot, Cornwall 120px
Colonnade Viaduct Dawlish, Devon 120px
Collegewood Viaduct Penryn, Cornwall 291 Replaced in 1934. Piers remain 120px
Coombe by Saltash Viaduct Cornwall 184 Replaced 1894 120px
Coombe by St Stephens Viaduct near St Austell, Cornwall 120px
Conwy Railway Bridge Conwy, Wales 141 1849
Conwy Castle and Railway Bridge.jpg
Cox Viaduct Goonhavern, Cornwall (disused)
Crumlin Viaduct Crumlin, Caerphilly, Ebbw Valley, Wales 1857 Closed 1967 120px
Craigmore Viaduct near Newry c.350 1852 120px
Craigavon Bridge Craigavon 1933 double deck, lower deck former goods line Craigavon bridge.jpg
Crimple Valley Viaduct Harrogate, North Yorkshire 572 1848 Built for the York and North Midland Railway
Culloden Viaduct near Inverness, Scotland 549 1898 Carries Highland Main Line 120px

D

Name Location Length (m) Date Type Grade Notes Image
Daisyfield Viaduct Bury, Lancashire Rail traffic ended in the 1970s and is now used for recreation since 1999.
Manchester bolton and bury canal, daisyfield viaduct 2.jpg
Dandrymire/Moorecock Viaduct Garsdale, Cumbria 208 15.3m high with 12 spans.
Darcy Lever viaduct River Tonge, Bolton 28m high with 8 spans.
Darcy Lever - geograph.org.uk - 93794.jpg
Dargan Bridge River Lagan, Belfast 1990s
Cefn/Newbridge Viaduct River Dee, Cefn Mawr, Wrexham
Denby Dale Viaduct Denby Dale, Huddersfield
Dent Head Viaduct Stone House, Lancashire 182 1875 30.5m high with 10 spans.
Derrycombe Viaduct Bodmin Parkway, Cornwall 112 1881 II 23m high
Dinting Viaduct Glossopdale, Derbyshire 370 1844 36m high
Dollis Brook Viaduct Finchley, London 1867 18m high
Dollis brook viaduct.JPG
Dowry Dell Viaduct Hunnington, Worcestershire Dismantled in 1964
Draw Wood Viaduct Bodmin Parkway, Cornwall 208 13m high. Replaced by retaining walls in 1875.
Durham Viaduct Durham
Dutton Viaduct River Weaver, Cheshire 457 1837 II* 18m high with 20 spans
Dutton viaduct.jpg

E

Name Location Length (m) Date Type Grade Notes Image
East Norton Viaduct East Norton, Leicestershire 190 1870s Demolished 2001

F

Name Location Length (m) Date Type Grade Notes Image
Fal Viaduct Truro, Cornwall Crosses the River Fal
Filleigh Viaduct Filleigh, Devon Former GWR line from Barnstaple to Taunton. Pillars reused for A361 road bridge near Barnstaple, North Devon
Fledborough Viaduct North Clifton, Nottinghamshire Crosses the River Trent
Fiddich Viaduct Dufftown, Scotland Carries the preserved Keith & Dufftown Railway across the River Fidditch
Folkestone Foord Rd Viaduct Folkestone, Kent 1844 Built by Sir William Cubitt and still in use, 2010
Forder Viaduct Saltash, Cornwall 185 Demolished 1908
Forth Bridge near Edinburgh, Scotland 2,528 1890 Cantilever Cat. A Crosses the Firth of Forth
ForthBridgeEdinburgh.jpg
Fowey Viaduct Fowey, Cornwall Carries the heritage Bodmin & Wenford Railway across the River Fowey
Fulham Railway Bridge Fulham, London 1889 Crosses the River Thames
FulhamRailwayBridge.jpg

G

Name Location Length (m) Date Type Grade Notes Image
Gasworks Bridge Oxford now a footbridge across the River Thames
Gaunless Bridge West Auckland, County Durham Truss first lenticular truss bridge and first iron bridge to carry a railway
First Iron railway bridge.jpg
Gaunless Viaduct West Auckland, County Durham One pier remaining
Gatehampton Railway Bridge Goring, Oxfordshire
Gilderdale Viaduct Lambley, Northumberland on the Narrow Gauge South Tynedale Railway
Giltbrook Viaduct Giltbrook, Nottinghamshire (demolished)
Glaze Viaduct near Ivybridge, Devon
Glenfinnan Viaduct Lochaber, Scotland on the West Highland Line
N2 glenfinnan viaduct.jpg
Goathland Viaduct (aka Thomason Foss Viaduct) between Goathland and Grosmont, North Yorkshire carries the heritage North Yorkshire Moors Railway across the Murk Esk
Goitre Coed Viaduct Edwardsville, Merthyr Tydfil on the Taff Vale Railway
Goldielea Viaduct Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland (disused)
Goonbell Viaduct Goonbell, Cornwall (disused)
Gover Viaduct St Austell, Cornwall II
Gree Viaduct North-East Ayrshire, Scotland on the former Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Grosvenor Bridge near Victoria railway station, London
Guildford Viaduct Hayle, Cornwall

H

The High Level Bridge, towering above the Swing Bridge

I

J

John O Gaunt Viaduct, Twyford, Leicestershire

K

King George V Bridge

L

File:London-Greenwich viaduct.jpg
London Bridge – Greenwich Railway Viaduct

M

Maidenhead Railway Bridge
Laigh Milton Viaduct in Ayrshire, the oldest surviving Railway Bridge in the World

N

Ouse Valley Viaduct West Sussex

O

P

Pensford Viaduct

Q

R

The Royal Albert Bridge

S

Scarborough Bridge, York
File:St Austell viaduct.jpg
The original wooden St Austell viaduct

T

Tay Rail Bridge

V

W

Windsor Bridge
File:Points Bridge Wylam.JPG
Wylam Railway Bridge

X

Y

Yarm Railway viaduct near Stockton-on-Tees in the North East of England

Z

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