The viaduct was built between May 1873 and November 1875 and forms part of the Great Northern Railway Derbyshire Extension which was built in part to exploit the coalfields in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
Derbyshire | Staffordshire | Staffordshire University | Hanley, Staffordshire | River Derwent, Derbyshire | Tamworth, Staffordshire | Pilsley, North East Derbyshire | High Sheriff of Staffordshire | Delia Derbyshire | South Staffordshire Line | Matlock, Derbyshire | High Sheriff of Derbyshire | extension | Derbyshire County Cricket Club | Castleton, Derbyshire | Sudbury, Derbyshire | Staveley, Derbyshire | Staffordshire Yeomanry | Staffordshire County Cricket Club | Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal | Longton, Staffordshire | Hatton, Derbyshire | Swanwick, Derbyshire | Staffordshire Potteries | South Staffordshire | Shenstone, Staffordshire | Hope, Derbyshire | Heath, Derbyshire | Elvaston, Derbyshire | Duffield, Derbyshire |
It is a riveted, wrought iron, Tied-arch bridge at the entrance to Darley Park in Derby spanning the River Derwent and was part of the Great Northern Railway Derbyshire Extension popularly known as the (Derby) Friargate Line.
Kimberley East railway station, on the GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension