Sankey Viaduct

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Sankey Viaduct crossing Sankey Brook
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Sankey Viaduct crossing Sankey Brook

The Sankey Viaduct is a railway viaduct at Bradley Lane Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Merseyside, it was built between 1828 1nd 1830 by George Stephenson for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company.

Listed as a Grade I listed building as the earliest major railway viaduct in the world. It is constructed from Yellow sandstone and red brick, of 9 round-arched spans on sharply-battered piers.

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