Bennerley Viaduct in Derbyshire is one of only two surviving wrought iron railway viaducts in the UK

Bennerley Viaduct is a former railway bridge, now a foot and cycle bridge, between Ilkeston, Derbyshire, and Awsworth, Nottinghamshire, in England. It was completed in 1877 and carried the Great Northern Railway's (GNR) Derbyshire Extension over the River Erewash, which forms the county boundary, and its wide, flat valley. The engineer was Samuel Abbott, who worked under Richard Johnson, the GNR's chief engineer. The site required a bespoke design as the ground would not support a traditional masonry viaduct due to extensive coal mining. The viaduct consists of 16 spans of wrought iron, lattice truss girders, carried on 15 wrought iron piers which are not fixed to the ground but are supported by brick and ashlar bases. The viaduct is 60 feet (18 m) high, 26 feet (7.9 m) wide between the parapets, and over 1⁄4 mile (400 m) long. It was once part of a chain of bridges and embankments carrying the railway for around two miles (three kilometres) across the valley but most of its supporting structures were demolished when the line closed in 1968. The only similar surviving bridge in the United Kingdom is Meldon Viaduct in Devon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennerley_Viaduct

Bennerley Viaduct picture by Grant Shaw on Wikimedia Commons w.wiki/6ktv

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Taken in: UK / England / Broxtowe District / Awsworth (show map)

Taken on: May 11, 2009

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