Southern Railway Viaduct and Colonnade, Salford

Image: © David Dixon Taken: 11 Mar 2014

Salford Central Railway Station, opened in 1838 as the terminus and head offices of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Railway, has three bridges, taking trains to and from Manchester Victoria Station. The three unique bridges that span New Bailey Street, where a single bridge would have sufficed, are an example of the lack of cooperation between railway companies at the time. Influenced by the Greek style, they are each different in design and are each individually Grade II or II* listed buildings. This is the southernmost bridge (English Heritage ID:471586 http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-471586-southern-railway-viaduct-and-colonnade- ); it was built in 1844 for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The entrance to Salford Station can be seen under the bridge, on the left hand side of the road. A view of the northernmost bridge (English Heritage ID:471585 http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-471585-northern-railway-viaduct- ) also built in 1844 but for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway can be seen at Image The central bridge (English Heritage ID: 471584 http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-471584-central-railway-viaduct- ) is squeezed in between the other two and is almost impossible to photograph from street level (Image] track-level view). It was added in 1865.

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