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[[File:Wribbenhall viaduct.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Wribbenhall Viaduct from Kidderminster Road]]
Wribbenhall Viaduct (Bridge 11), also referred to as Bewdley North Viaduct, is situated immediately north of [[Bewdley]] station where it can be seen from the platforms. It is listed Grade II by Historic England for its special architectural or historic interest.<ref>[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1386197 Wribbenhall Viaduct on the Historic England list]</ref>
==Construction and repairs==
[[File: Wribbenhall_Viaduct_plaque_20170831.jpg|thumb|300px|right| Small repair with date plaque]]
The viaduct was built in from 1859; the Chief Engineer and Resident Engineer being [[John Fowler]] and [[Henry Orlando Bridgeman | Henry Bridgeman]] who were also responsible for [[Victoria Bridge]]. The viaduct is 112 yards in length, with seven brick arches of 25ft span and a larger skew arch of 48ft 9in span over the Kidderminster Road.<ref name=Marshall94>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 94.</ref> Wet weather in December 1860 impeded construction, causing a supporting wall to the embankment to collapse.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000401/18601228/030/0005 Shrewsbury Chronicle - Friday 28 December 1860]</ref>
The viaduct was originally built using a combination of red brick and locally quarried sandstone. The latter was prone to weathering, and in 1915 large sections were cut out and replaced by blue engineering bricks, as can be seen on the main photograph.<ref name=SVR106>SVR News 106, “Bewdley Viaduct” (John Marshall)</ref> The neighbouring [[Accommodation bridge off Northwood Lane]] underwent similar repairs at that time which included a date plaque set into the bricks. The large repair in the main photograph appears to have included a similar plaque near the top, although this is no longer legible. A smaller repair nearby carries a date plaque dated 7-1915.
[[Bewdley Station Footbridge | Towards Kidderminster]]<br>
[[List of infrastructure]]<br>
[[Foot crossing off Northwood Lane | Towards Bridgnorth]]<br>[[Railway Navvies of the SVR]]
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