Trent Viaducts
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Trent Viaducts as rebuilt around 1901
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| Crosses | River Trent |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Maintained by | Network Rail |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 600ft |
| Width | 40ft |
| Longest span | 100ft |
| Clearance above | 22ft |
| History | |
| Architect | Charles Blacker Vignoles |
| Fabrication by | Butterley Company |
| Construction begin | June 1838 |
| Opened | 1839 |
Trent Viaducts are two adjacent parallel railway bridges which carry the Midland Main Line over the River Trent between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
Originally a single bridge, it was built by the engineer Charles Blacker Vignoles for the Midland Counties Railway in 1839.[1]
The Viaduct was rebuilt in 1901 when a second crossing was added by the Midland Railway to carry the high-level goods line from Toton. The rebuilding included the removal of the cast iron spans supplied by the Butterley Company. The additional line opened on 2 June 1901.[2]
On the Midland Railway System Maps of 1918, the bridges are identified as bridges 27 and 27a.[3]
Just south of the viaducts are twin tunnels through Red Hill.
| Next crossing upstream | River Trent | Next crossing downstream |
| Harrington Bridge | Trent Viaducts | Clifton Bridge |
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- ↑ The Rise of the Midland Railway 1844-1874. E. G. Barnes, Augustus M. Kelley, New York, 1969. SBN 678060002
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- ↑ Midland Railway System Maps, distance diagrams, Sheet 13b. 1918
