Grosvenor Bridge
Railway bridge over the River Thames in London / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Grosvenor Bridge (Chester).
Grosvenor Bridge, originally known as, and alternatively called Victoria Railway Bridge, is a railway bridge over the River Thames in London, between Vauxhall Bridge and Chelsea Bridge. Originally constructed in 1860, and widened in 1865 and 1907, the bridge was extensively rebuilt and widened again in the 1960s as an array of ten parallel bridges. There are now eight tracks across the bridge.
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Grosvenor Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 51°29′05″N 0°08′51″W |
Carries | Railway |
Crosses | River Thames |
Locale | London, England |
Named for | Sir Richard Grosvenor |
Maintained by | Network Rail |
Preceded by | Chelsea Bridge |
Followed by | Vauxhall Bridge |
Characteristics | |
Design | Arch bridge |
Total length | 283.5 m (930 ft 1 in) |
Width | 54 m (177 ft 2 in) |
Longest span | 53.3 m (174 ft 10 in) |
History | |
Opened | 1860; 164 years ago (1860); rebuilt 1963–1967; 57 years ago (1967) |
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