The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_and_Blackwall_Railway" class="extiw" title="w:London and Blackwall Railway">London and Blackwall Railway</a> opened in 1840 as a cable-hauled line. However, traffic was disappointing and 1850 a line from Stepney to Bow was opened by the East &amp; West India Docks &amp; Birmingham Junction Railway (later the North London Railway). This bridge, now disused, took this line over what is now the A13 in Limehouse.
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