Sandbourne Viaduct
Sandbourne Viaduct (Bridge 9), also referred to as Bewdley South Viaduct (and sometimes misspelled in older documents as 'Sambourne Viaduct'), is situated only a few yards from the Bewdley Bypass Bridge and is 101 yards in length, with 10 brick arches of 25ft span built in 1860 on sandstone piers.
On the approach to Bewdley, 'The Loop' from Kidderminster and the original Severn Valley Line from Hartlebury ran side by side over the viaduct, and both sets of tracks are still in situ. SVR trains travel on the former, which is on the side further from the River Severn and Bewdley Town Centre. The latter carries no passenger traffic, but sees frequent use as a siding to hold wagons and engineer’s trains or for rail access to the Stourport Triangle.
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Repairs
The local sandstone is vulnerable to erosion and means that the viaduct needs ongoing repairs. It formed part of the 2015 'Winter Works' with pier no. 7 under repair. The Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd has also been instrumental in funding stonework restoration on the viaduct with £60,000 contributed in 2017.[1]
The Bypass Bridge (metal parapet) and Sandbourne Viaduct (stone parapet)
