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Grosvenor Bridge, originally known as, and alternatively called Victoria Railway Bridge, is a railway bridge over the River Thames in London, between Vauxhall Bridge and Chelsea Bridge. Originally constructed in 1860, and widened in 1865 and 1907, the bridge was extensively rebuilt and widened again in the 1960s as an array of ten parallel bridges. ==History== The original bridge was constructed in the mid 19th. century in two stages: the first bridge was built by the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway between 1859 and 1860 at a cost of £84,000 to carry two tracks into Victoria station; it was the first railway bridge across the Thames in central London. The engineer was Sir John Fowler.〔 The bridge was widened by 4 tracks on the eastern side for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and London, Chatham and Dover Railway between 1865 to 1866, at a cost of £245,000. Sir Charles Fox was the engineer.〔 In 1907 the bridge was widened again with a further track, on the western side, for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.〔Railway Magazine, 1963, p.533〕 The bridge was rebuilt in 1963–67: the foundations were extended; the original piers encased in concrete; and the spans replaced with ten steel spans and a tenth track added. To avoid disrupting traffic, the bridge was re-built with a separate span for each track. The designer for this work was Freeman Fox & Partners, and the project engineer was A. H. Cantrell, chief civil engineer of the Southern Region of British Rail.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.movablebridges.org.uk/OrganisationDesc.asp?frmSelect=319&btnDisplay=Display )〕〔Railway Magazine, 1963, pp.534, 542〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grosvenor Bridge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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