Grand Sluice Railway Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1986. Railway bridge. 3 related planning applications.
Grand Sluice Railway Bridge
- WRENN ID
- crooked-loggia-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Boston
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1986
- Type
- Railway bridge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grand Sluice Railway Bridge is a railway bridge built between 1884 and 1885 by Richard Johnson, the chief engineer of the Great Northern Railway. It features a riveted cast-iron structure with a timber deck and red brick abutments. This double track skew bridge spans the River Witham and adjacent roadways on the north-west side of the Grand Sluice.
The bridge consists of three spans. The outer spans are supported by three parallel segmental iron arches, which are braced with lattice strips in the spandrels. These arches rest on outer brick abutments and inner circular caisson piers that are set into the river bed, with one pier for each arch. The narrower central span is supported by horizontal solid plate girders.
This bridge was constructed to replace an earlier iron and timber bridge and was built by Stanningley Iron Works in Leeds. It was opened to traffic on 20 May 1885 and remains in use today.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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