Rockingham Road Bridge
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Rockingham Road Bridge by Oscar Taylor as part of the Geograph project.
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Rockingham Road Bridge
Image: © Oscar Taylor Taken: 22 Mar 2023
A bridge carrying Rockingham Road over the railway line. The bridge is a Grade II listed building, list entry number 1409266 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1409266 It was only listed in 2012 due to its unique design of being the only example of a Brunel single-span segmental arched bridge with raking abutments, built c.1845 to 1847, when the railway to Reading from Newbury was opened. The bridge spans around 11 metres.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.397152
Longitude
-1.330415