page_title: Battersea Railway Bridge
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Battersea Railway Bridge / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Cremorne Bridge, West London Extension Railway Bridge, BatterseaThis is a photo of listed building number 1393005.
context_page_description: The Battersea Railway Bridge is a bridge across the River Thames in London, between Battersea and Fulham. Owned by Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd it connects to the extreme north-east part of Fulham, known as Chelsea Harbour or Imperial Wharf, a 21st-century-rebuilt area on the south side of a Chelsea Creek. The bridge is used by the West London Line of the London Overground from Clapham Junction to Willesden Junction.
context_section_description: The bridge was designed by William Baker, chief engineer of the London and North Western Railway, and was opened on 2 March 1863 at a cost of £87,000 (equivalent to £8,400,000 in 2019).  It carries two tracks and consists of five 120-foot (37 m) lattice girder arches set on stone piers.
  A three-arch brick viaduct carries the line on the north side of the bridge, with one arch having been opened to provide a pedestrian route under the railway, as part of the Thames Path. On the south side are four arches, two of which are used as storage for the residents of a houseboat community moored immediately downstream, and another one of which was opened to Thames Path pedestrian traffic as part of the Lombard Wharf development.
  The bridge was strengthened and refurbished in 1969, and again in 1992.  During a high tide in late 2003, the structure was struck by a refuse-barge damaging some lower structural elements significantly: repairs were completed in early 2004.
  In November 2013, planning permission was granted for the Diamond Jubilee Footbridge, extending the two central piers of the bridge upstream.
  Trains crossing are subject to a 20/30 mph speed limit (locomotive-hauled traffic is restricted to 20 mph, all other traffic is limited to 30 mph).
  The bridge was declared a Grade II* listed structure in 2008, providing protection to preserve its special character from unsympathetic development.
caption: Battersea Railway Bridge
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