Grosvenor Bridge
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This article is about the London bridge. For the Chester bridge, see Grosvenor Bridge (Chester).
Grosvenor Bridge, often alternatively called Victoria Railway Bridge, is a railway bridge over the River Thames in London, between Vauxhall Bridge and Chelsea Bridge. It actually consists of two bridges, both built in the mid-19th century. The eastern side was built by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway in 1858–60 to carry trains into Victoria station; it was the first railway bridge across the Thames in central London. The western side was built by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. Both bridges were rebuilt in steel in 1963–67, the original piers now being encased in concrete.
On the north bank is Pimlico to the north and east and Chelsea to the west; the Lister Hospital and the Royal Chelsea Hospital lie immediately to the north west. On the south bank is Nine Elms to the east and Battersea to the west. Battersea Power Station is immediately to the south of the bridge, and Battersea Park to the south west.
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- Map and aerial photo of Grosvenor Bridge from Multimap.com
- Other map and aerial photo sources
| Next crossing upstream | River Thames | Next crossing downstream |
| Chelsea Bridge | Grosvenor Bridge Grid reference: TQ287778 |
Victoria Line Tunnel (underground) Vauxhall Bridge (road) |
| Bridges of Central London, west to east |
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| Chelsea Bridge • Grosvenor Bridge • Vauxhall Bridge • Lambeth Bridge • Westminster Bridge • Hungerford Bridge • Waterloo Bridge • Blackfriars Bridge • Blackfriars Railway Bridge • Millennium Bridge • Southwark Bridge • Cannon Street Railway Bridge • London Bridge • Tower Bridge
See also: Crossings of the River Thames • Bridges of the United Kingdom |
