Crosses River Trent Longest span 100ft Fabrication by Butterley Company Opened 1839 Width 12 m Owner Network Rail | Maintained by Network Rail Clearance above 22ft Construction begin June 1838 Total length 183 m Body of water River Trent Architect Charles Blacker Vignoles | |
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Similar River Trent, Harrington Bridge, Wilford Suspension Bridge, Dunham Bridge, Clifton Bridge | ||
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.
The Viaduct was rebuilt in 1901 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. The additional line opened on 2 June 1901.
On the Midland Railway System Maps of 1918, the bridges are identified as bridges 27 and 27a.
Just south of the viaducts are twin tunnels through Red Hill.
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