The River Irwell Railway Bridge, also known as Prince's Bridge, Water Street, Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

 is a stone railway bridge of 1830 by George Stephenson

George Stephenson

George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives...

. It forms part of Liverpool Road railway station

Liverpool Road railway station (Manchester)

Manchester Liverpool Road is a former railway station on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in Manchester, England which opened on 15 September 1830. The L&MR station was the terminus of the world's first inter-city passenger railway in which all services were hauled by timetabled steam locomotives...

, the world's first passenger railway line. The bridge was designated a Grade I listed building on 20 June 1988.

The bridge is constructed as "two segmental arches on a slightly skewed plan". Its span measures 66 feet (20.1 m).