Railway Viaduct Linking Bridge Over Irwell to Liverpool Road Station is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1988. Viaduct. 4 related planning applications.

Railway Viaduct Linking Bridge Over Irwell to Liverpool Road Station

WRENN ID
sleeping-marble-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 June 1988
Type
Viaduct
Address
Railway Viaduct Linking Bridge Over Irwell to Liverpool Road Station, Water Street
OS grid reference
SJ 829 978
Coordinates
53.47753, -2.25884
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The railway viaduct is a significant structure that connects the bridge over the River Irwell to Liverpool Road Station in Manchester. Built in 1830, the bridge was rebuilt in 1905. The viaduct is made of brick and features an iron bridge, characterized by a series of segmental arches. The arch at the west end is supported by a stone abutment that connects to the bridge over the river. At the east end of the south side, there is an attached animal ramp, also constructed of brick, which has parapets and a cobbled deck. The iron-girder bridge spans Water Street, and there is a retaining wall along the street that displays monumental banding. Despite the rebuilding, this viaduct remains an essential part of the railway structures linked to Liverpool Road Station, recognized as the first passenger railway station in the world.

Local climate

Railway Viaduct Linking Bridge Over Irwell to Liverpool Road Station sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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