Metal Bridge, Cumbria
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| Metal Bridge | |
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| Population | Unknown |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | West Linton CP |
| Shire county | Cumbria |
| Region | North West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CARLISLE |
| Postcode district | CA6 |
| Dial code | 01228 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | Carlisle |
| European Parliament | North West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Cumbria | |
Metal Bridge is a small settlement in Cumbria on the A74 road between Carlisle and Gretna.
The settlement consists of a few properties clustered around a public house of the same name[1] next to the A74, on the south bank of the River Esk.
The settlement and pub (and nearby forest plantation) derive their name from the metal bridge that spanned the river at this point on the road to Scotland.
The original bridge is now gone, with the current A74 passing over a more modern bridge.[2]
Construction of a motorway standard bypass road is underway, to take the M6 motorway to the Scottish border.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.iknow-lakedistrict.co.uk/accommodation/4878-metal_bridge_inn-todhills_blackford.htm
- ^ unsourced statement
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