Tilehurst Road Bridge (BKE3709)

Tilehurst Road Bridge is a 19th-century structure made of original handmade red brick, with some areas patched with red engineering brick. It features an English bond and limestone coping. The central arch of the bridge is slightly taller and wider than the side arches, with the central span measuring 38 feet 4 inches and the side arches spanning 31 feet 2 inches. The carriageway is 24 feet wide between the parapets, a design choice favored by Brunel for larger road bridges.

The bridge has tall tapering piers, each originally featuring two tapered transverse arches, which have now been infilled to appear as blind arches. The abutments and wing walls are vertical and gently curved, with the north-west abutment supported by a shallow engineering brick buttress dating from around 1896. Each face of the bridge has a stepped string course, and the parapets are stepped only on the outer face. In the 20th century, the parapets were raised by four courses of engineering brick above the original stone coping, which remains in place. The coping is topped with pitched tiles and small iron anti-climbing spikes. The western ends of both parapets have been recently rebuilt in engineering brick, although they appear to reuse the original coping. The north parapet steps up towards a rectangular brick pier that is part of the approach to a modern steel footbridge, which is not part of the historic structure but abuts it.

Originally built in open countryside, the bridge is now situated in the suburbs of Reading and is not visible in the wider landscape due to being in a cutting and the surrounding topography and structures. However, it can be seen in relation to the similar Brunel-designed Bath Road Overbridge.