Railway Bridge

BRIGHTON

TQ3005SE NEW ENGLAND ROAD 577-1/26/1130 Railway Bridge 22/03/94

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Railway bridge over road. Built between 1852-4 as part of a new 2-way track to serve the Brighton Goods Yard, laid out in the 1840s to the east of the main station and no longer extant. Ironwork cast in Regent Foundry of Brighton. Bridge of cast-iron in form of 4 segmental arched ribs, each cast in 3 sections with integral open-work spandrel members and deck edge. The western side has moulded cornice with 6 moulded panels above in diamond pattern. Above this is a parapet rail in diamond lattice pattern. The eastern side has 8 plain panels with a C20 timber boarded fence at parapet level. Each side is marked "Regent Foundry Brighton" in the centre of the arch. The cast-iron structure is supported on moulded stone corbels resting on Flemish bond brick walls, with a square pillar at each corner with stone capping which continues above parapet level. The retaining walls each side have tooled stone coping and end in brick piers with stone coping. This is one of the earliest surviving railway bridges with cast-iron arches as, following the accident at Norwood Junction of 1891, all cast-iron girder bridges were changed over a period and cast-iron arches replaced on heavily used lines. This bridge probably survived because it never carried passengers but was later strengthened by the addition of 3 built up mild steel plate girders.

Listing NGR: TQ3096605405