Black Potts Railway Bridge

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Black Potts Railway Bridge
Carries	Staines to Windsor & Eton Line
Crosses	River Thames
Locale	Windsor
Material	Iron
Opening date	1850

Black Potts Railway Bridge carries the railway from London (Waterloo) to Windsor, Berkshire across the River Thames. The Staines to Windsor & Eton Line terminates immediately after the bridge at Windsor and Eton Riverside railway station. The bridge crosses the Thames on the reach above Old Windsor Lock, shortly before Romney Lock.

The bridge was built in 1850 and originally had ornate cast-iron ribs. However these corroded and were replaced with more utilitarian wrought iron girders, which radically altered the bridge's appearance.

Immediately to the east of the bridge is the Black Potts Railway Viaduct. This had to be provided with substantial protection^[1] when the Jubilee River was constructed, as the outfall of this channel passes through the brick arches of the existing Victorian viaduct, just downstream of the Black Potts Railway Bridge.

[edit] See also

• Crossings of the River Thames

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Structurae database entry

Next crossing upstream	River Thames	Next crossing downstream
Windsor Bridge (pedestrian)	Black Potts Railway Bridge	Victoria Bridge (road)