A royal procession under the Holborn Viaduct in 1869.

Holborn Viaduct in 2005

Map of Holborn Viaduct and surrounding area

Holborn Viaduct is a bridge in London and the name of the street which crosses it (which is a section of the A40). For other uses see A40, for details of the A40 in london see A40 road (London. It links Holborn with Newgate Street in the City of London, passing over Farringdon Street and the now subterranean River Fleet. Holborn (ˈhoʊbɚn or /ˈhoʊbɝːn/ "ho bun" is an area of Central London, England For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically The River Fleet is the largest of London 's subterranean rivers It formerly flowed on the surface

It was built between 1863 and 1869, and cost over two million pounds to complete. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year It spanned the steep-sided Holborn Hill and over the River Fleet valley. The River Fleet is the largest of London 's subterranean rivers It formerly flowed on the surface City Surveyor William Heywood was the architect and it was opened by Queen Victoria at the same time as Blackfriars Bridge. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Blackfriars Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge over the River Thames in London, between Waterloo Bridge and Blackfriars Railway Bridge

Four statues on the parapets represent Commerce and Agriculture on the north side, both by sculptor Henry Bursill, and Science and Fine Arts on the south side, both by the sculpture firm of Farmer & Brindley. Farmer & Brindley was a firm of architectural sculptors and ornamentalists based in London founded by William Farmer (1825-1879 and William Brindley (1832-1919 Staircases provide pedestrian access from the bridge to Farringdon Street.

Nearby was the Holborn Viaduct station, now replaced by the City Thameslink station. Holborn Viaduct was a Railway terminus in central London. Holborn Viaduct Viaduct opened on 2 March 1874 as an additional terminus Services The station is served by trains on the Thameslink route whose franchise has been operated by First Capital Connect since 2006

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