(grid reference SO 875372)
Am amazing reminder of the Malvern to Ashchurch branch line is this substantial bridge that carried the railway and a minor road over the M50 motorway. This is the first bridge over the motorway between junctions one and two, about a mile west of junction one. The railway originally ran slightly further to the east but the building of the motorway saw the line slewed over slightly to go over the new bridge which also carries a minor road. It saw little railway use as the line closed in 1962, less than two years after the motorway was opened to traffic in November 1960.
This is the last bridge in Worcestershire as the line shortly passes into Gloucestershire at Bow Bridge, a photo of which is shown for completeness:
All photographs were taken by Andrew Smith on 4th November 2010.