Railway Bridge over Sardis Road

A single-span railway bridge in 3 phases. The earliest phase, engineered by Brunel, is on the E side and is of coursed rock-faced stone with an elliptical arch and tooled impost band in typical Brunel style. The low parapet with railings is a later addition. The splayed abutments retain an embankment and have flat copings. On the N side the wall has been heightened at a later date. Abutting the W side of the bridge at a slight angle is the narrower second phase similar in construction and materials to the earlier phase. This is abutted by high embankment walls on which a third phase, comprising a simple late C19 plate girder bridge, has been added.