BARNES RR BRIDGE 1846>49 Southwest London HEW 353 TQ 214 763 N52o 47' 30.2" W2o 59' 45.3"
This bridge carries the tracks of the Richmond and Hounslow Loop of the London and South Western Railroad across the Thames River at Barnes. The original design comprised three120 foot spans carried by six cast iron arches apiece with a timber deck for the tracks. Each arch is made up of six cast pieces. The piers are brick faced with Bramley Fall stone. The engineers were Joseph Locke and J.E. Errington and the contractor was Thomas Brassey. Construction took three years between 1846 to 1849.
The bridge was widened in the 1890's on the east side by adding wrought iron bow trusses above the original iron arches which now gives it the appearance of being two bridges. In 2009 when photographed, it was covered with scaffolding and protective plastic sheeting for sandblasting and repainting.