Bridge Number 43 Near Toad Moor Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1981. Railway bridge.

Bridge Number 43 Near Toad Moor Tunnel

WRENN ID
veiled-granite-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Amber Valley MP: Linsey Farnsworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 May 1981
Type
Railway bridge
Address
Bridge Number 43 Near Toad Moor Tunnel, New Bridge Road, Ripley
OS grid reference
SK 348 513
Coordinates
53.05849, -1.48126
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bridge number 43 near Toad Moor Tunnel is a railway bridge built between 1838 and 1840 by George Stephenson. It is constructed of ashlar stone with a rock-faced finish and tooled dressings. The bridge features a wide segmental arch made of radiating voussoirs set on rock-faced jambs, with a raised impost band. Above the arch, there is a large roll-moulded band at a steep angle, topped by a blocking course and later blue brick parapets. This bridge was built as part of the North Midland Railway, which opened in 1840.

Local climate

Bridge Number 43 Near Toad Moor Tunnel receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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