Viaduct on the Croydon Atmospheric Railway, crossing the Dover and Brighton lines, between Norwood and Croydon (LBW @ approx 9mp)
The flyover was built of wood to save money, and at a maximum gradient of 2% in the belief that only lightweight atmospheric trains would cross over it. After abandonment of the atmospheric system, the flyover was too steep and too flimsy for reliable operation by locomotives, so it was removed early on, along with the atmospheric pipe.
ROMA ID: 030585E