The
Victoria Bridge is a 200 ft single span railway
bridge crossing the
River Severn between
Arley and
Bewdley in
Worcestershire. Opened for traffic on 31 January 1861, the original railway line was closed in 1963. The bridge now carries the operational heritage
Severn Valley Railway. Its design is almost identical to
Albert Edward Bridge which also spans the Severn at
Coalbrookdale in
Shropshire, England, both having been designed by John Fowler.
Victoria Bridge is a
cast iron arch bridge, with four arch ribs each of nine parts bolted together. The arch elements were cast by the Coalbrookdale Company, and the bridge built by the company of
Thomas Brassey,
Samuel Morton Peto and
Edward Betts.