Wentbridge Viaduct Carrying Bypass Over Valley of River Went is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1998. Bridge. 2 related planning applications.
Wentbridge Viaduct Carrying Bypass Over Valley of River Went
- WRENN ID
- former-chamber-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley MP: Yvette Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1998
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Wentbridge Viaduct Carrying Bypass Over Valley of River Went, A1 Wentbridge Bypass, WF8 3TA
- OS grid reference
- SE 493 172
- Coordinates
- 53.64899, -1.25533
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wentbridge Viaduct is a road bridge built in 1961 that carries the bypass over the valley of the River Went. Designed by the West Riding County Council Bridges department, with F A Sims as the senior designer and resident engineer, the viaduct is constructed from prestressed concrete. It features a continuous beam over three spans measuring 140, 190, and 140 feet, supported at the abutments and by two raking legs that are hinged at the top and bottom. The span between the bottoms of the legs is 308 feet. This structure is notable for its early use of prestressing cables that are external to the concrete sections, as well as its early use of precast concrete hinges, which were tested for load and rotation by the Cement and Concrete Association. When it was built, it was the largest structure of its kind in Europe and was recognized in 1964 by the Museum of Modern Art in New York as a significant example of twentieth-century engineering.
Local climate
Wentbridge Viaduct Carrying Bypass Over Valley of River Went receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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