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General Information

Other name(s): Saint Paul's Bridge
Completion: 1864
Status: demolished

Project Type

Awards and Distinctions

abutment  

Location

Location: , , ,
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Crosses:
  • Thames River
Next to: Blackfriars Railway Bridge (1886)
Coordinates: 51° 30' 35.67" N    0° 6' 13" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

main span 56.39 m
number of spans 5

Notes

Only the piers remain.

Built for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway, the coat-of-arms of which remain, in very large form, on the south side of the river.

Excerpt from Wikipedia

Blackfriars Railway Bridge is a railway bridge crossing the River Thames in London, between Blackfriars Bridge and the Millennium Bridge.

First bridge

There have been two structures with the name. The first bridge was opened in 1864 and was designed by Joseph Cubitt for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway. Massive abutments at each end carried the railway's insignia, preserved and restored on the south side. Following the formation of the Southern Railway in 1924, inter-city and continental services were concentrated on Waterloo, and St Paul's Station became a local and suburban stop. For this reason, the use of the original bridge gradually declined. It eventually became too weak to support modern trains, and was therefore removed in 1985 – all that remains is a series of columns crossing the Thames and the southern abutment, which is a Grade II listed structure.

At the southern end of the bridge was Blackfriars Bridge railway station which opened in 1864 before closing to passengers in 1885 following the opening of what is today the main Blackfriars station. Blackfriars Bridge railway station continued as a goods stop until 1964 when it was completely demolished, and much of it redeveloped into offices.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Blackfriars Railway Bridge" and modified on June 12, 2024 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

Participants

Design

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  • About this
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  • Structure-ID
    20003161
  • Published on:
    23/02/2002
  • Last updated on:
    11/06/2024
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