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[[File:Indus Valley State Railway ‘River Sutlej above and below Empress Bridge’.png|thumb|Indus Valley State Railway Railway ‘Survey of River Sutlej above and below Empress Bridge, March 1877’ showing River Training Works]]The designer was [[Alexander Meadows Rendel]] working to the following specification "The bridge to consist of 16 spans of 264 feet between centres, 250 feet in the clear. The piers and abutments to be founded each on three cylinders of brickwork 18 feet 9 inches diameter arrange in line, sunk to a depth of 100 feet below the dry weather water level. In 1874 the basic work of clearing and setting up the base from which to work was completed and 6 foundations 3 on each side were laid. These comprised of 18 wells. Each of the piers was designated a letter 17 in all from A to R the length of the bridge is 4224 feet the width of the river 2 ½ miles <ref name=IOR451722> British Library IOR/V/24/3590 “Administration Report on the construction of the Indus Valley Railway” pages 4, 5, 17, 22 </ref>.