Description

BOSTON

TF3244NW WITHAM BANK
716-1/4/247 Grand Sluice Railway Bridge
02/05/86

II

Railway bridge. 1884-5 by Richard Johnson, chief engineer of
the Great Northern Railway. Riveted cast-iron with timber
deck, red brick abutments. Double track skew bridge, over
River Witham and flanking roadways, on north-west side of the
Grand Sluice.
3 spans. The outer spans are each carried by 3 parallel
segmental iron arches braced by lattice strips in the
spandrels and supported on outer brick abutments and inner
circular caisson piers set into the river bed, one pier to
each arch. The narrower central span is supported by
horizontal solid plate girders.
This bridge was built to replace an earlier iron and timber
bridge; and was built by Stanningley Iron Works, Leeds and
open to traffic on 20 May 1885. It is still in use.

Listing NGR: TF3234844540

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26668516

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Recommended Books

• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)