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List of crossings of the River Wear

This is a list of crossings of the River Wear, heading upstream from Sunderland, including road and rail bridges and fords.

North Sea to Sunderland edit

Crossing Carries Location Built Coordinates Photograph
Wearmouth Bridge  A1018 road, A183 road, National Cycle Route 1Wearside192954°54′36″N 1°22′58″W 
Monkwearmouth Bridge  Durham Coast Line, Green lineMonkwearmouth187954°54′36″N 1°23′1″W[1] 
Queen Alexandra Bridge  Road, A1231 road (until Aug 2018), Queen Alexandra Bridge Branch (until 1921)Wearside10 Jun 190954°54′50″N 1°24′21″W[2] 
Northern Spire Bridge  A1231 road, bike path, sidewalkWearside28 Aug 201854°55′0″N 1°25′28″W 
Hylton Viaduct  A19 road, sidewalkWearside197454°54′16″N 1°27′30″W 

Sunderland to Chester-le-Street edit

Crossing Carries Location Built Coordinates Photograph
Cox Green Footbridge  FootpathCox Green195854°53′27″N 1°29′39″W 
Victoria Viaduct  Leamside lineWearsideAug 183854°53′5″N 1°30′9″W[3] 
Penshaw Bridge  Station RoadSunderland188954°52′48″N 1°30′54″W 
Chartershaugh Bridge  A182 roadSunderland197554°52′34″N 1°31′10″W 
New Bridge  Lambton Castle54°52′7″N 1°31′51″W
Lamb Bridge  Lambton Castle181954°51′57″N 1°32′34″W[4]
Chester New Bridge  Bournmoor54°51′52″N 1°33′30″W[5][6] 
Lambton Bridge  A183 roadChester-le-Street192654°51′51″N 1°33′28″W
A1(M) bridge over the Wear  A1(M) motorwayCounty Durham196854°51′42″N 1°33′35″W
New Lumley Bridge  B1284 roadCounty Durham199754°51′6″N 1°33′33″W

Chester-le-Street to Durham edit

Crossing Carries Location Built Coordinates Photograph
Cocken Bridge  Cocken RoadPlawsworth188654°49′9″N 1°33′54″W 
Finchale Bridge  SidewalkFinchale Priory193754°49′8″N 1°32′25″W 
Brasside Bridge  County Durham1850s[7]54°48′40″N 1°32′5″W
Belmont Viaduct  Leamside lineFramwellgate Moor[8]1856[9]54°47′55″N 1°32′19″W[8] 
Penny Ferry Bridge  FootbridgeDurham200254°46′48″N 1°34′36″W 
Milburngate Bridge  A690 roadCounty Durham1967[10]54°46′41″N 1°34′38″W 
Framwellgate Bridge  Silver StreetCity of Durham15th century54°46′34″N 1°34′41″W[11][12] 
Prebends Bridge  South BaileyCounty Durham177254°46′15″N 1°34′46″W[13][14] 
Kingsgate Bridge  FootpathCounty Durham196754°46′23″N 1°34′21″W 
Elvet Bridge  Elvet BridgeDurham116054°46′33″N 1°34′24″W[15][16] 
New Elvet Bridge  New ElvetDurham1975[17]54°46′36″N 1°34′20″W 
Baths Bridge  FootpathCounty Durham1960s54°46′36″N 1°34′9″W 
Maiden Castle bridge  PathCounty Durham197454°46′9″N 1°33′32″W 
Shincliffe Bridge  A177 roadShincliffe182654°45′49″N 1°33′17″W[18][19] 

Durham to Bishop Auckland edit

Crossing Carries Location Built Coordinates Photograph
Croxdale Road Bridge  A167 roadCroxdale192454°44′5″N 1°35′17″W 
Sunderland Bridge  Weardale WaySunderland Bridge14th century54°44′3″N 1°35′23″W[20][21] 
Croxdale Viaduct  East Coast Main LineCroxdale1872[22]54°43′58″N 1°35′34″W 
Page Bank Bridge  Whitworth LanePage Bank1995[23]54°42′48″N 1°38′17″W 
Jubilee Bridge  Cobey's Carr LaneWillington1990[24]54°42′14″N 1°40′40″W 
Pay Bridge  FootpathCounty Durham54°41′59″N 1°41′31″W 
Newton Cap Railway Viaduct  A689 road (from 1995)Bishop Auckland[25]54°40′3″N 1°40′55″W[25] 
Newton Cap Bridge  Bishop Auckland54°40′2″N 1°41′1″W[26][27] 

Bishop Auckland to Stanhope edit

Crossing Carries Location Built Coordinates Photograph
Witton Park Ford  Witton Park54°40′20″N 1°44′11″W 
Witton Park Bridge  Witton Park23 Aug 190454°40′20″N 1°44′19″W 
Witton Park Viaduct  Weardale RailwayWitton Park185454°40′20″N 1°44′19″W 
Witton Bridge  Witton-le-Wear, Hamsterley, Evenwood and Barony54°40′17″N 1°46′20″W[28] 
A68 Wear bridge  A68 roadCounty Durham54°40′15″N 1°46′34″W 
Harperley Footbridge  Weardale Way54°42′21″N 1°49′12″W
Wolsingham Rail Bridge  Weardale RailwayWolsingham184754°43′33″N 1°52′25″W 
Wolsingham Bridge  Wolsingham1894[29]54°43′36″N 1°53′9″W 
Holebeck Mill Bridge  Wear Valley1990s54°43′36″N 1°54′57″W
Broadwood Bridge  Frosterley1970s[30]54°43′37″N 1°56′46″W 
Frosterley Ford  Frosterley54°43′37″N 1°56′48″W 
Broadwood Rail Bridge  Weardale RailwayFrosterley1847[31]54°43′36″N 1°56′49″W 
Kenneth Bridge  FootpathFrosterley54°43′32″N 1°57′15″W 
Frosterley Bridge  Frosterley1813[32]54°43′36″N 1°57′57″W[33] 
Rogerley railway bridge  Weardale RailwayShittlehope1862[34]54°43′46″N 1°58′57″W
Gas Works Bridge  Shittlehope1958[35]54°44′23″N 1°59′56″W 
Stanhope East Railway Bridge  Weardale RailwayStanhope54°44′29″N 2°0′7″W
Stanhope Central Railway Bridge  Weardale RailwayStanhope1895[36]54°44′42″N 2°0′28″W 
Stanhope Footbridge  FootpathStanhope54°44′52″N 2°0′56″W 
Stanhope Ford  Stanhope54°44′52″N 2°0′56″W 
Stanhope Bridge  B6278 roadStanhope14th century54°44′48″N 2°1′28″W[37][38] 
Stanhope West Railway Bridge  Weardale RailwayStanhope189554°44′46″N 2°1′42″W 

Stanhope to Wearhead edit

Crossing Carries Location Built Coordinates Photograph
Hag Bridge  Eastgate1996[39]54°44′27″N 2°4′5″W 
Eastgate Railway Bridge  Weardale RailwayEastgate1895[40]54°44′26″N 2°4′45″W
Eastgate Conveyor Bridge  Belt conveyorEastgate196454°44′24″N 2°5′10″W 
Brotherlee Footbridge  FootpathBrotherlee1990s54°44′9″N 2°7′1″W 
Haswick's Bridge  Westgate54°44′14″N 2°8′34″W[41] 
Britton Bridge and ford  Westgate54°44′11″N 2°9′2″W 
Waterside House Footbridge  FootpathStanhope54°44′13″N 2°9′16″W 
Daddry Shield Bridge  A689 roadDaddry Shield54°44′15″N 2°9′48″W 
Huntshield Ford  St John's Chapel54°44′17″N 2°10′29″W 
Ponderlane Bridge  FootpathStanhope54°44′20″N 2°10′48″W 
Broken Way Footbridge  FootpathStanhope54°44′22″N 2°11′16″W
Bridge End Footbridge  FootpathStanhope54°44′31″N 2°11′32″W 
Bridge End Ford  Stanhope54°44′32″N 2°11′35″W 
Coronation Bridge  Stanhope[42]1838[43]54°44′32″N 2°11′59″W[42] 
Blackdene Mine Bridge  Ireshopeburn54°44′38″N 2°12′18″W 
West Blackdene Bridge  West Blackdene18th century[44]54°44′49″N 2°12′33″W[44] 
Sparks Farm Bridge  Stanhope1986[45]54°44′59″N 2°13′5″W
Wearhead Bridge  A689 roadWearhead1989[46]54°45′0″N 2°13′18″W 

References edit

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  36. ^ "STANHOPE CENTRAL RAILWAY BRIDGE". Bridges On The Tyne.
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  46. ^ "WEARHEAD BRIDGE". Bridges On The Tyne.

External links edit

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