The brick abutment at the southern end of Hungerford Bridge, situated on the south bank of the River Thames with two large arched entrances

Date:
11 Jun 1998
Location:
Hungerford Railway Bridge, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, WC2
Reference:
EHC01/314/45/26
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The bridge was built to replace a previous suspension bridge to provide access to Charing Cross Station to South Eastern Railway. It has nine spans of iron lattice work on two brick abutments and cast iron piers. The north abutment is closer to the bank than it was originally, due to the construction of the Victoria Embankment. The south end abutment is set back from the river bank and has two large arches, the left arch surrounded by voussoirs. The railway bridge consists of two bridges linked together with lateral trusses. There was a footpath on the downstream side of the bridge, which was replaced with two footpaths added 2002-2003 on each side of the railway.

Content

This is part of the Series: EHC01/314 Heritage Protection Thematic Survey of Railway Architecture; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Robertson, Martin: English Heritage

Keywords

Abutment, Arch, Victorian Railway Bridge, Victorian Footbridge