List of crossings of the River Wear
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This is a list of crossings of the River Wear
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River Wear
The River Wear is located in North East England, rising in the Pennines and flowing eastwards, mostly through County Durham, to the North Sea at Sunderland.-Geology and history:...
, heading downstream, including road and rail bridges and fords
Ford (crossing)
A ford is a shallow place with good footing where a river or stream may be crossed by wading or in a vehicle. A ford is mostly a natural phenomenon, in contrast to a low water crossing, which is an artificial bridge that allows crossing a river or stream when water is low.The names of many towns...
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Wearhead to Stanhope
- WearheadWearheadWearhead is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated at the top of Weardale between Cowshill and Ireshopeburn. It is named after the nearby source of the River Wear which runs eastwards for approx 40 miles to Sunderland....
Bridge (road) - West BlackdeneWest BlackdeneWest Blackdene is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the north of the River Wear, opposite Ireshopeburn....
Bridge (road, foot?) - IreshopeburnIreshopeburnIreshopeburn is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated on the south side of Weardale, between St John's Chapel and Wearhead, and on the other side of the Wear from West Blackdene and New Ho...
Bridge (road?, foot?) - Coronation Bridge (road, foot?)
- Newhouse Pastures Ford (road, foot?)
- St John's ChapelSt John's Chapel, County DurhamSt John's Chapel is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated in Weardale, on the south side of the River Wear on the A689 road between Daddry Shield and Ireshopeburn. The 2001 census reports a population of 307, of which only 43 are children under 16...
Footbridge (1) (foot) - Ponderlane Bridge (road?, foot?)
- St John's Chapel Ford (road, foot?)
- St John's Chapel Footbridge (2) (foot)
- Daddry ShieldDaddry ShieldDaddry Shield is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated on the south side of the River Wear in Weardale, a short distance from St John's Chapel....
bridge, A689A689 roadThe A689 is a road in northern England, that runs east from Junction 44 of the M6 motorway, north of the centre of Carlisle in Cumbria, to Hartlepool, in the North East....
(road) - WestgateWestgate, County DurhamWestgate is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated in Weardale between St John's Chapel and Eastgate.Westgate is also the entrance to Slitt wood and an old abandoned lead mine. Other features of the village include a caravan site and a football and basketball court.-External links:...
Ford (road, foot?) - Westgate Bridge (road, foot?)
- EastgateEastgate, County DurhamEastgate is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated in Weardale, a few miles west of Stanhope.Eastgate originally marked the eastern border of the private hunting park of the Prince Bishops of Durham. This was second in extent only to the royal hunting park of the New Forest in Hampshire...
Cement Works bridge (rail goods - disused) - Eastgate Rail Bridge (rail - disused)
- Hag Bridge (road, foot)
Stanhope to Bishop Auckland
- StanhopeStanhope, County DurhamStanhope is a small market town in County Durham, in England. It is situated on the River Wear between Eastgate and Frosterley on the north side of Weardale. The A689 trans-Pennine road meets the B6278 road from Barnard Castle to Shotley Bridge here....
Rail Bridge (1) (rail - disused) - Stanhope Bridge, B6278 (road, foot?)
- Stanhope Ford (road, foot?)
- Stanhope Rail Bridge (2) (rail - disused)
- Stanhope Rail Bridge (3) (rail)
- Bridge at Stanhope Burn (road, foot?)
- Rail bridge near Rogerley (rail)
- FrosterleyFrosterleyFrosterley is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated in Weardale, on the River Wear close to its confluence with Bollihope Burn; between Wolsingham and Stanhope; 18 miles west of Durham City and 26 miles southwest of Newcastle-upon-Tyne....
Bridge (road) - Footbridge at Frosterley (foot)
- Frosterley Rail Bridge (rail)
- Frosterley Ford (road, foot?)
- Bridge near Hare Law (road, foot?)
- WolsinghamWolsinghamWolsingham is a small market town in Weardale, County Durham, England. It is situated by the River Wear, between Crook and Stanhope in North West Durham.-History:Wolsingham sits at the confluence of the River Wear and Waskerley Beck...
Bridge (road, foot?) - Wolsingham Rail Bridge (rail)
- Footbridge near Low Harperley (foot)
- A68A68 roadThe A68 is a major road in the United Kingdom, running from Darlington in England to the A720 in Scotland.From Darlington, the road runs north, bypassing Bishop Auckland, and running through West Auckland, Toft Hill and Tow Law, past Consett and Corbridge...
bridge (road) - WhittonWitton-le-WearWitton-le-Wear is a small village in County Durham, England. It is situated on the north bank of the River Wear, to the north-west of Bishop Auckland.-Geography and administration:...
Bridge (road, foot?) - Witton ParkWitton ParkWitton Park is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the west of Bishop Auckland.- Famous people born in Witton Park :* Brigadier General Roland Boys Bradford VC -- youngest ever Brigadier General in the British Army at 25 * Hebrew scholar Dr...
Rail Viaduct (rail) - Ford at Witton Park (road, foot?)
Bishop Auckland to Durham
- Bishop Skirlaw Bridge, (road)
- Bishop AucklandBishop AucklandBishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in north east England. It is located about northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless...
Viaduct, A689A689 roadThe A689 is a road in northern England, that runs east from Junction 44 of the M6 motorway, north of the centre of Carlisle in Cumbria, to Hartlepool, in the North East....
(road) - Cobey's Carr Lane (road, foot)
- Page Bank Bridge (road)
- Croxdale Viaduct, (rail)
- Sunderland Bridge, (road)
- Croxdale Bridge, A167A167 roadThe A167 is a road in North East England. Most of its route was formerly the A1 as most of it is the original route of the Great North Road until the A1 was re-routed with the opening of the A1 in the 1960s....
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Durham to Chester-le-Street
- ShincliffeShincliffeShincliffe is a village in the County Durham in England. It is situated just over a mile to the south-east of Durham city centre, on the A177 road to Stockton...
Bridge, A177A177 roadThe A177 is a road in County Durham, England. It runs from Stockton to Durham, passing Sedgefield. It therefore links the two main centres for Durham University: Durham City and the university's Queen's Campus in Stockton, via the NetPark knowledge park in Sedgefield, in which the university is a...
(road) - Maiden Castle Bridge (foot)
- Baths Bridge (foot)
- New Elvet Bridge (road)
- Elvet BridgeElvet BridgeElvet Bridge is a mediaeval masonry arch bridge across the River Wear, in the city of Durham, in County Durham, in England. It links the peninsula in central Durham to the Elvet area of the city, and is a Grade I listed building.-History:...
(road, pedestrianised) - Kingsgate BridgeKingsgate BridgeKingsgate Bridge is a striking, modern reinforced concrete construction footbridge across the River Wear, in Durham, England. It is a Grade I listed building. It was designed in 1963 by Sir Ove Arup personally, connecting Bow Lane on the historic peninsula in the centre of Durham to Dunelm House on...
(foot) - Prebends BridgePrebends BridgePrebends Bridge, along with Framwellgate and Elvet, is one of three stone arch bridges in the centre of Durham, England, that cross the River Wear.-History:...
(road, pedestrianised) - Framwellgate BridgeFramwellgate BridgeFramwellgate Bridge is a mediaeval masonry arch bridge across the River Wear, in Durham, England. It is a Grade I listed building. The bridge was constructed in the early twelfth century on the orders of Bishop Ranulf Flambard....
(road, pedestrianised) - Milburngate Bridge, A690A690 roadThe A690 is a road in County Durham running from Sunderland in the east through Durham to Crook.-Sunderland section:Throughout the Sunderland section it is known as either Durham Road or New Durham Road, and is one of the major routes in and out of the city. A single carriageway section runs from...
(road, foot) - Pennyferry Bridge (foot)
- Viaduct at Raintonpark woods (rail - disused)
- Finchale PrioryFinchale PrioryFinchale Priory was a 13th century Benedictine priory. The remains are sited by the River Wear, four miles from Durham. It is a Grade I listed building.-Current Situation:...
/ Cocken Woods Bridge (foot) - Cocken Bridge (road)
Chester-le-Street to Sunderland
- Lumley Bridge, B1284 (road)
- A1(M) bridge (road)
- Lambton Bridge, Chester Road A183A183 roadThe A183 road runs from South Shields in Tyne and Wear, through Sunderland and ends at Chester-le-Street in County Durham. It is a major route in South Tyneside, Sunderland and Chester-le-Street serving many areas and landmarks along its route....
(road) - Chester New Bridge (road)
- Lamb Bridge, Lambton estateLambton CastleLambton Castle, located in County Durham, England, between the towns of Washington and Chester-le-Street, is a stately home, the ancestral seat of the Lambton family, the Earls of Durham...
(private) - New Bridge, Lambton estate (private)
- Chartershaugh BridgeChartershaugh BridgeChartershaugh Bridge is a road traffic bridge spanning the River Wear in North East England, linking Shiney Row with Washington as part of the A182 road. The bridge was opened in 1975 and is named after the former settlement of Chartershaugh, which once stood on a site near the bridge....
, Washington Highway A182 (road) - Fatfield Bridge (road)
- Victoria ViaductVictoria ViaductThe Victoria Viaduct, originally called the 'Victoria Bridge', is a rail bridge spanning the River Wear in North East England, carrying the mothballed Leamside Line. The bridge was commissioned by the Durham Junction Railway and designed by Thomas Elliot Harrison. It was based upon the Roman bridge...
(rail, disused) - Cox Green Footbridge (foot)
Sunderland to the North Sea
- Hylton ViaductHylton ViaductThe Hylton Viaduct is a road traffic and pedestrian bridge spanning the River Wear in North East England, linking North Hylton and South Hylton in Sunderland as the A19 road. The concrete box girder bridge was opened in 1974 and is above a former chain ferry route which ceased in 1915....
, A19A19 roadThe A19 is a major road in England running approximately parallel to and east of the A1 road, although the two roads meet at the northern end of the A19, the two roads originally met at the southern end of the A19 in Doncaster but the old route of the A1 was changed to the A638. From Sunderland...
(road) - Bridge at Claxheugh - proposed (road, foot)
- Bridge at Galley's Gill - proposed (foot)
- Queen Alexandra Bridge, A1231A1231 roadThe A1231 road runs between Sunderland and Washington in Tyne and Wear, North East England. It is the main road joining Sunderland and Washington and is one of the main trunk roads leading in and out of Sunderland city centre...
(road) - Wearmouth Rail BridgeWearmouth Rail BridgeThe Wearmouth Rail Bridge is a rail bridge spanning the River Wear in North East England. The bridge links Sunderland station and St Peter's Metro station as part of the Tyne and Wear Metro and is part of the Durham Coast Line, linking Newcastle upon Tyne and Middlesbrough...
(rail/Tyne and Wear MetroTyne and Wear MetroThe Tyne and Wear Metro, also known as the Metro, is a light rail system in North East England, serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Sunderland. It opened in 1980 and in 2007–2008 provided 40 million public journeys on its network of nearly...
) - Wearmouth Bridge, A1018A1018 roadThe A1018 is a road in North East England. It runs between South Shields, at the mouth of the River Tyne, and the A19 near Seaham, County Durham. Most of the route it follows is the old alignment of the A19, before it by-passed Sunderland to meet the Tyne Tunnel.-South Tyneside section:The road...
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