Runcorn Railway Bridge

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Grade II* listed building railway bridge steel bridge truss bridge

Runcorn Railway Bridge is a historic steel truss railway bridge in northwest England that carries trains across the River Mersey between Runcorn and Widnes.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Runcorn Railway Bridge canonical 7
Runcorn Bridge 1
Runcorn Viaduct 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Grade II* listed building ⓘ
railway bridge ⓘ
steel bridge ⓘ
truss bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ethelfleda Bridge ⓘ
Runcorn Railway Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Runcorn Bridge

Runcorn Railway Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Runcorn Viaduct
architect William Baker ⓘ
carries Liverpool–London railway line ⓘ
railway traffic ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1864 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
River Mersey ⓘ
crossesBetween Runcorn Gap ⓘ
designer William Baker ⓘ
engineer William Baker ⓘ
hasFeature stone approach viaducts ⓘ
three lattice girder spans ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade II* listed ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1965 ⓘ
historicPeriod Victorian era ⓘ
locatedIn Runcorn ⓘ
Widnes ⓘ
locatedInRegion Cheshire ⓘ
Halton ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
surface form: northwest England
mainSpanLength approximately 305 feet ⓘ
maintainedBy Network Rail ⓘ
material steel ⓘ
wrought iron ⓘ
name Runcorn Railway Bridge self-link ⓘ
numberOfSpans 3 ⓘ
opened 1868 ⓘ
operatedBy Network Rail ⓘ
owner Network Rail ⓘ
parallelTo Silver Jubilee Bridge ⓘ
partOf West Coast Main Line ⓘ
passesOver Runcorn Gap ⓘ
railwayLine Liverpool–Crewe line ⓘ
regionServed River Mersey ⓘ
surface form: Mersey Valley
significance major rail link between Liverpool and London ⓘ
structureType lattice girder ⓘ
totalLength approximately 1,500 feet ⓘ
usedBy freight trains ⓘ
passenger trains ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manchester Ship Canal → hasStructure → Runcorn Railway Bridge ⓘ
River Mersey → crossedBy → Runcorn Railway Bridge ⓘ
Runcorn Railway Bridge → name → Runcorn Railway Bridge self-link ⓘ
Runcorn Railway Bridge → alsoKnownAs → Runcorn Railway Bridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Runcorn Bridge
Runcorn Railway Bridge → alsoKnownAs → Runcorn Railway Bridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Runcorn Viaduct
Mersey Estuary → crossedBy → Runcorn Railway Bridge ⓘ
Runcorn Gap → crossedBy → Runcorn Railway Bridge ⓘ
Ethelfleda Bridge → near → Runcorn Railway Bridge ⓘ
Runcorn Docks → nearbyInfrastructure → Runcorn Railway Bridge ⓘ