Rectory Junction Viaduct, also known as the Radcliffe Viaduct,[1] crosses the River Trent between Netherfield and Radcliffe on Trent near Nottingham.

[2] The bridge was built in 1850 by Clayton & Shuttleworth of Lincoln on the Nottingham-Grantham Line for the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway.

The Trent Navigation Company demanded a minimum clear span of 100 feet (30 m), so the railway company built a 110 feet (34 m) cast iron arch.

The iron arch was formed of six ribs, constructed in eight segments.

[4] The internal cast iron ribs were encased in concrete by British Rail in 1981 to increase the strength of the bridge, but the original cast iron ribs on the exterior were left exposed, leaving the bridge appearance little changed.