Lower Lydbrook Viaduct

The Lower Lydbrook Viaduct was a steel railway viaduct with stone piers situated in Lower Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England.

The viaduct, situated at the bottom of the Lydbrook Valley where it meets the Wye Valley, consisted of five stone arches and three wrought iron girders. It enabled the rail lines from Cinderford via Bilston and Serridge to connect with the Ross-on-Wye to Monmouth line. The viaduct rose some 80 feet above the roadway below, linking Forge Hill on the east with Randor on the west. It was built in 1872 and first used for traffic on 26 August 1874. The line was closed to passengers in 1929 and to goods in 1951. The viaduct was dismantled in 1966.

External links

* [http://www.sungreen.co.uk/Lydbrook/Lydbrook-Viaduct.htm Photographs of the viaduct]
* [http://www.sungreen.co.uk/Lydbrook/_t_lydbrook-viaduct-demoltion.htm Photographs of the viaduct being demolished]