Railway bridge No. 46 at end of Carlton Street is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1986. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Railway bridge No. 46 at end of Carlton Street

WRENN ID
forgotten-quoin-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton South and Walkden MP: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1986
Type
Bridge
Address
Railway bridge No. 46 at end of Carlton Street, BL4 7PJ
OS grid reference
SD 739 063
Coordinates
53.55311, -2.39444
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Railway bridge No. 46, located at the end of Carlton Street, was built around 1837 for the Manchester and Bolton Railway, designed by engineer Jesse Hartley. The bridge is constructed of rock-faced stone and ashlar. It features an elliptical arch with keys, with the northern key displaying the letters "B/I E" and the southern key adorned with an unidentifiable animal crest. The bridge is also characterized by a balustrade that has square section balusters, along with some sections of inserted brickwork.

Local climate

Railway bridge No. 46 at end of Carlton Street sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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