Brighton: London Road railway viaduct (1)
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Brighton: London Road railway viaduct (1) by Nigel Cox as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Brighton: London Road railway viaduct (1)
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 8 Jun 2008
As a feat of Victorian engineering London Road viaduct takes some beating. It was built to carry the Brighton to Lewes railway line over the main valley that leads down to the centre of Brighton. It was completed in 1846, having taken just 10 months to build, to the designs of John Urpeth Raistrick. It has 27 arches, is built on a curve, and is 359 metres long and 20 metres high at its highest point. Some ten million bricks were used in its construction. Here the southbound A23 Beaconsfield Road passes under it, with the north end of the massive Image prominent on the horizon.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
50.836014
Longitude
-0.141002