Lipwood 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 Lipwood in

Northumberland Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey. It is bordered by land ...

History

The first bridge at Lipwood for the railway between Newcastle upon Tyne and Carlisle was designed by John Blackmore and originally built of timber; it was completed in 1838 but as the condition of the wood deteriorated it was replaced by the current iron-girder structure in 1866.

References

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, upstream = Ridley Railway Bridge , upsub = Tyne Valley line , downstream = Warden Railway Bridge , downsub = Tyne Valley line , type = railway bridge , table = end , location = NY813640 Railway bridges in Northumberland Crossings of the River Tyne