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

Crossing Carries Location Built Coordinates Photograph
Wearmouth Bridge A1018 road, A183 road, National Cycle Route 1Wearside1929🌍
Monkwearmouth Bridge Durham Coast Line, Green lineMonkwearmouth1879🌍[1]
Keel Crossing 🌍
Queen Alexandra Bridge Road, A1231 road (until Aug 2018), Queen Alexandra Bridge Branch (until 1921)Wearside10 Jun 1909🌍[2]
Northern Spire Bridge A1231 road, bikeway, sidewalkWearside28 Aug 2018🌍
Hylton Viaduct A19 road, sidewalkSouth Hylton1974🌍

Sunderland to Chester-le-Street

Crossing Carries Location Built Coordinates Photograph
Cox Green Footbridge FootpathCox Green1958🌍
Victoria Viaduct Leamside lineWearsideAug 1838🌍[3]
Penshaw Bridge Station RoadSunderland1889🌍
Chartershaugh Bridge A182 roadSunderland1975🌍
New Bridge Lambton Castle🌍
Lamb Bridge Lambton Castle1819🌍[4]
Chester New Bridge Bournmoor🌍[5][6]
Lambton Bridge A183 roadChester-le-Street1926🌍
A1(M) bridge over the Wear A1(M) motorwayCounty Durham1968🌍
New Lumley Bridge B1284 roadCounty Durham1997🌍

Chester-le-Street to Durham

Crossing Carries Location Built Coordinates Photograph
Cocken Bridge Cocken RoadPlawsworth1886🌍
Finchale Bridge SidewalkFinchale Priory1937🌍
Brasside Bridge County Durham1850s🌍
Belmont Viaduct Leamside lineFramwellgate Moor[7]1856🌍[7]
Penny Ferry Bridge FootbridgeDurham2002🌍
Milburngate Bridge A690 roadCounty Durham1967🌍
Framwellgate Bridge Silver StreetCity of Durham15th century🌍[8][9]
Prebends Bridge South BaileyCounty Durham1772🌍[10][11]
Kingsgate Bridge FootpathCounty Durham1967🌍
Elvet Bridge Elvet BridgeDurham1160🌍[12][13]
New Elvet Bridge New ElvetDurham1975🌍
Baths Bridge FootpathCounty Durham1960s🌍
Maiden Castle bridge PathCounty Durham1974🌍
Shincliffe Bridge A177 roadShincliffe1826🌍[14][15]

Durham to Bishop Auckland

Crossing Carries Location Built Coordinates Photograph
Croxdale Road Bridge A167 roadCroxdale1924🌍
Sunderland Bridge Weardale WaySunderland Bridge14th century🌍[16][17]
Croxdale Viaduct East Coast Main LineCroxdale1872🌍
Page Bank Bridge Whitworth LanePage Bank1995🌍
Jubilee Bridge Cobey's Carr LaneWillington1990🌍
Pay Bridge FootpathCounty Durham🌍
Newton Cap Railway Viaduct A689 road (from 1995)Bishop Auckland[18]🌍[18]
Newton Cap Bridge Bishop Auckland🌍[19][20]

Bishop Auckland to Stanhope

Crossing Carries Location Built Coordinates Photograph
Witton Park Ford Witton Park🌍
Witton Park Bridge Witton Park23 Aug 1904🌍
Witton Park Viaduct Weardale RailwayWitton Park1854🌍
Witton Bridge Witton-le-Wear, Hamsterley, Evenwood and Barony🌍[21]
A68 Wear bridge A68 roadCounty Durham🌍
Harperley Footbridge Weardale Way🌍
Wolsingham Rail Bridge Weardale RailwayWolsingham1847🌍
Wolsingham Bridge Wolsingham1894🌍
Holebeck Mill Bridge Wear Valley1990s🌍
Broadwood Bridge Frosterley1970s🌍
Frosterley Ford Frosterley🌍
Broadwood Rail Bridge Weardale RailwayFrosterley1847🌍
Kenneth Bridge FootpathFrosterley🌍
Frosterley Bridge Frosterley1813🌍[22]
Rogerley railway bridge Weardale RailwayShittlehope1862🌍
Gas Works Bridge Shittlehope1958🌍
Stanhope East Railway Bridge Weardale RailwayStanhope🌍
Stanhope Central Railway Bridge Weardale RailwayStanhope1895🌍
Stanhope Footbridge FootpathStanhope🌍
Stanhope Ford Stanhope🌍
Stanhope Bridge B6278 roadStanhope14th century🌍[23][24]
Stanhope West Railway Bridge Weardale RailwayStanhope1895🌍

Stanhope to Wearhead

Crossing Carries Location Built Coordinates Photograph
Hag Bridge Eastgate1996🌍
Eastgate Railway Bridge Weardale RailwayEastgate1895🌍
Eastgate Conveyor Bridge Belt conveyorEastgate1964🌍
Brotherlee Footbridge FootpathBrotherlee1990s🌍
Haswick's Bridge Westgate🌍[25]
Britton Bridge and ford Westgate🌍
Waterside House Footbridge FootpathStanhope🌍
Daddry Shield Bridge A689 roadDaddry Shield🌍
Huntshield Ford St John's Chapel🌍
Ponderlane Bridge FootpathStanhope🌍
Broken Way Footbridge FootpathStanhope🌍
Bridge End Footbridge FootpathStanhope🌍
Bridge End Ford Stanhope🌍
Coronation Bridge Stanhope[26]1838🌍[26]
Blackdene Mine Bridge Ireshopeburn🌍
West Blackdene Bridge West Blackdene18th century[27]🌍[27]
Sparks Farm Bridge Stanhope1986🌍
Wearhead Bridge A689 roadWearhead1989🌍

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