Whalley Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Whalley Viaduct (1850-)Opened on the Blackburn, Clitheroe and North Western Junction Railway (Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway).
Description
This is a 48 arch double track viaduct built in brick. It is 1798 ft long with a maximum height of 70ft.
Whalley Abbey is on the east side of the viaduct. A gateway crosses over the The Sands, a road which passes under the viaduct. The viaduct's arches on either side of the crossing of this road are infilled with decorative brickwork. The viaduct also crosses over the abbey's former defensive trench.
Tags
Viaduct07/03/2022
| Nearby stations Whalley Langho Great Harwood Simonstone Clitheroe [1st] Wilpshire Clitheroe Ramsgreave and Wilpshire Rishton Padiham Huncoat [1st] Huncoat Hapton Church and Oswaldtwistle Church and Oswaldtwistle [1st] | Martholme Viaduct Hurst Green Cutting Wilpshire Tunnel Calder Colliery Moorfields Colliery Dunkenhalgh Aqueduct Horrocksford Junction Accrington Brick and Tile Works Huncoat Colliery Whitebirk Power Station Huncoat Power Station Church Kirk Bridge 112 [LLC] Huncoat Plastic Brick and Terra Cotta Works Tourist/other Whalley Abbey Calderstones Hospital |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1846 | Blackburn, Clitheroe and North Western Junction Railway (Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway) Construction begins. Work on the Whalley Viaduct starts. Major structures are the Whalley Viaduct and Wilpshire Tunnel. |
News items
| 07/03/2022 | Laser and drone technology recreates Victorian viaduct like never before [Network Rail] |
