Newthorpe Cattle Creep Bridge, HUL3/11

Newthorpe Cattle Creep Bridge is a semi-circular arched accommodation underbridge built for the Leeds & Selby Railway between 1830 and 1834, designed by Walker & Burges. It is made of quarry-faced limestone and features a single span that can accommodate four tracks.

This bridge is part of a series designed by Walker & Burges for the railway, all sharing a similar design. The arch rises from a quarry-faced impost band and is constructed with ashlar voussoirs, topped with a projecting and slightly dropped keystone. The sides of the bridge have stone coping with a chamfered edge. On the south face, there are two later stone-built pyramidal buttresses, while the north face features two curving stone-built retaining walls that extend to the full height of the bridge.

It is noted that the 20th-century metal post and rail fences attached to the top of the original coping stones on both sides of the bridge are not considered to have special architectural or historic interest.