Warden Railway Bridge is a railway bridge carrying the
Tyne Valley line between and across the
River South Tyne
The River Tyne is a river in North East England. Its length (excluding tributaries) is . It is formed by the North Tyne and the South Tyne, which converge at Warden Rock near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Wat ...
near
Warden, Northumberland
Warden is a village in Northumberland, England about west of Hexham.
The North and South Tyne meet near the village of Warden. There is a pleasant walk from the Boat Inn ater renamed to Boatside Innalong the bank of the South Tyne to the meet ...
.
History
The first bridge at Warden for the railway between Newcastle upon Tyne and Carlisle was designed by John Blackmore and originally built of timber; it burnt down in 1848 and cast-iron arches were placed on the original piers.
A second bridge on a different alignment was completed in 1904 and remains in use as part of the
Tyne Valley line.
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References
{{River item box
, River = River South Tyne
The River Tyne is a river in North East England. Its length (excluding tributaries) is . It is formed by the North Tyne and the South Tyne, which converge at Warden Rock near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Wat ...
, upstream = Lipwood Railway Bridge
, upsub = Tyne Valley line
, downstream = Border Counties Bridge
Border Counties Bridge was a 19th-century railway bridge across the River Tyne just west of Hexham, Northumberland, England. The bridge used to carry the Border Counties Railway over the River Tyne at Border Counties Junction with the Newcas ...
, downsub = Ruined, formerly Border Counties Railway
The Border Counties Railway was a railway line connecting in Northumberland, with on the Waverley Route in Roxburghshire.
Its promoter had hopes of exploiting mineral resources in the area, and it was taken up by the North British Railway, ...
(River Tyne
The River Tyne is a river in North East England. Its length (excluding tributaries) is . It is formed by the North Tyne and the South Tyne, which converge at Warden Rock near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Wate ...
)
, type = railway bridge
, table = end
, location = NY912659
Railway bridges in Northumberland
Crossings of the River Tyne