London Road Railway Viaduct, Brighton, Brighton and Hove

The railway bridge was built in 1845-6 by John Rastrick. It consists of an elliptical arch fifty feet wide over Preston Road and 26 round arches thirty feet wide. It extends in a curve for 4 hundred yards from London Road station almost to New England Road. The second pier west of Preston Road was destroyed by bombing in 1943 and later repaired. This viaduct is the largest engineering work on the London and Brighton railway branch to Lewes.

Location

Brighton and Hove Brighton

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Tags

transport railway bridge aerial view victorian (1837 - 1901)