[1] The bridge carries the Birmingham Loop railway line across the River Sowe, a tributary of the Avon.

It is oriented roughly east to west and located between Coventry and Rugby, on the outskirts of the city.

[1] The viaduct was built in 1838 by Robert Stephenson, chief engineer to the London and Birmingham Railway.

[1][2] The Sowe Viaduct is one of several engineering works illustrated by John Cooke Bourne in his Series of Lithographic Drawings on the London and Birmingham Railway.

[1] Several other railway-related structures in Coventry were listed at the same time: (from east to west) the Sherbourne Viaduct, the portals of Humber Road Tunnel, and Mile Lane Bridge.