Building record MDR16473 - Strutts Bridge, off Chevin Road, Milford, Belper

A Grade II listed single-span, stone overbridge built 1836-40 for the North Midland Railway. Strutt’s Bridge is designated at Grade II as an early example of a railway structure dating from the pioneering phase in national railway development. Strutt's Bridge forms part of the North Midland Railway, which was designed by George and Robert Stephenson, among the greatest and most influential of all railway engineers, with their assistant Frederick Swanwick. It is an example of the consistently high quality design and careful detailing of railway structures completed for the North Midland Railway. The aesthetic quality of the bridge far exceeds the functional and structural requirements of bridge design. It stands out as a remarkably unaltered bridge. See list description for more details. (1)