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The railway photographer Paul Riley was killed by a fall from Victoria Bridge in August 1976.<ref>Krause, I, ''Paul Riley - An Appreciation'', retrieved 28th January 2015. [http://gwrarchive.org/site/sitel2ph/sitel3ph/tribute.php Link]</ref> Lineside photographers are not currently permitted to cross Victoria Bridge on foot.<ref>SVR (H) corporate document SMS-POL-135, ''Lineside Photographic Policy (Permits & PTS Course)'', Issue 1 (19th September 2012). [http://www.svrlive.com/Pages/Downloads.aspx Link to download page]</ref>
The bridge featured in the 1978 film [[The Thirty Nine Steps]], in the scene where Richard Hannay (Robert Powell) escapes from a train and hangs beneath the bridge.
There is a near-identical railway bridge spanning the river Severn upstream at Buildwas. This bridge is known as Albert Edward Bridge.
