Opening on the 1st of November 1910, the viaduct spanned the Rover Colne and the Calder and Hebble navigation for The Midland Railways Newtown goods line and was 255 yards long, 90 feet high with 15 arches.
The level of traffic on the line dropped after the LMS created a link into Newtown goods from the Red Doles junction. The section from Mirfield crossing the Bradley Viaduct was closed on the 12th of August 1937.