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Westbourne Bridge is a
grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
road bridge in the City of Westminster, London. It was built some time after 1909 for the
Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...
. It carries road traffic over the railway lines in and out of Paddington Station and is joined at its northern end by Westbourne Terrace Road and at the south end by Westbourne Terrace. However, northbound road traffic has not been able to travel between the bridge and Westbourne Terrace Road since 1970. Northbound traffic has been diverted on to
Harrow Road The Harrow Road is an ancient route in North West London which runs from Paddington in a northwesterly direction towards Harrow. It is also the name given to the immediate surrounding area of Queens Park and Kensal Green, straddling the NW10 ...
running under the elevated roadway of the Westway for a short distance. Southbound traffic using the bridge comes from the eastbound sliproad descending from the Westway.


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Grade II listed bridges in London Road bridges in England Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster Bridges completed in 1909 Westbourne, London Paddington {{UK-bridge-struct-stub