Blue Bridge

This is a railway overbridge, constructed between 1834 and 1835 for the London and Birmingham Railway, with extensions completed between 1878 and 1882 by the London and North Western Railway. The original bridge was designed by chief engineer Robert Stephenson. It is primarily built of coursed, squared, rock-faced limestone, with blue engineering brick detailing. It features three elliptical arches defined by stone imposts and blue brick arch rings. The stone facing continues up to a continuous brick band, which supports brick parapet walls and part original stone and part concrete coping. The later extension bridge is larger, with twin segmental arches, a band over, flanked by pilasters. It also includes a continuous stone roll mould, stepped down with the parapet at the bridge's far end.

The London and Birmingham Railway opened in this area in 1838, and was later absorbed into the London and North Western Railway in 1846. The original bridge, serving as an accommodation bridge for Stacey Hill farm, is notable for its construction in stone rather than the predominant brick used for main structures, likely utilising stone from the cutting it spans. The bridge was extended during the period 1878-82, coinciding with the bypassing of Wolverton works by a new main line. This extension bridge now crosses the running lines of the West Coast Main Line. The entire bridge is now out of use, superseded by the adjacent Millers Way bridge in the late 20th century. The structure represents a significant example of an early London and Birmingham Railway bridge, developed in a second phase, and now possibly a unique survivor of a minor accommodation bridge from the 1830s, as earlier bridges over the running lines were rebuilt during electrification in 1958.