Trent Viaducts
Trent Viaducts as rebuilt between 1891 and 1893
Coordinates52°52′24″N 1°15′57″W / 52.8733°N 1.2659°W / 52.8733; -1.2659
CarriesMidland Main Line Midland Main Line
CrossesRiver Trent
OwnerNetwork Rail
Maintained byNetwork Rail
Characteristics
Total length600ft
Width40ft
Longest span100ft
Clearance above22ft
History
ArchitectCharles Blacker Vignoles
Fabrication byButterley Company
Construction startJune 1838
Opened1839
Location
Map
Trent Viaduct as shown in the Midland Counties' Railway Companion of 1840

Trent Viaducts are two adjacent parallel railway bridges which carry the Midland Main Line over the River Trent between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

Originally a single bridge, it was built by the engineer Charles Blacker Vignoles for the Midland Counties Railway in 1839.[1]

The Viaduct was rebuilt between 1891 and 1893[2] when a second crossing was added by the Midland Railway to carry the high-level goods line from Toton. The rebuilding included the removal of the cast iron spans supplied by the Butterley Company.

On the Midland Railway System Maps of 1918, the bridges are identified as bridges 27 and 27a.[3]

Just south of the viaducts are twin tunnels through Red Hill.


Next crossing upstream River Trent Next crossing downstream Harrington Bridge B6540  Trent Viaducts Clifton Bridge A52 

References

  1. ^ The Rise of the Midland Railway 1844-1874. E. G. Barnes, Augustus M. Kelley, New York, 1969. SBN 678060002
  2. ^ "Midland Railway Company. Half Yearly Report". Derby Mercury. England. 9 August 1893. Retrieved 7 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ Midland Railway System Maps, distance diagrams, Sheet 13b. 1918. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
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