Wylam Railway Bridge

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Wylam Railway Bridge (also known as Points Bridge) is a bridge crossing the River Tyne at Hagg Bank, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Wylam in Northumberland, North East England.

Wylam Railway Bridge as seen from the south bank of the River Tyne
Wylam Railway Bridge as seen from the south bank of the River Tyne

The ironwork is by the Hawks, Crayshay & Co. of Gateshead, with masonry and foundations by W E Jackson & Co. of Newcastle and the engineer was W G Laws. It opened to traffic on 6 October 1876.

It was built by the Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway,[1] to connect the North Wylam Loop with the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. The railway service was ended in 1968 with the trackwork removed four years later. The bridge was subsequently converted into a footbridge and cyclepath linking Wylam with the Tyne Riverside Country Park at Low Prudhoe.

It is thought that Points Bridge was a model for the later Tyne Bridge in Newcastle; the bridge is an 80m wrought iron arch bridge with suspended decking, very similar to that of the Tyne Bridge.

The bridge is also known also known as Points Bridge, Half-moon Bridge and The Tin Bridge.

[edit] External links and references

  1. ^ Wylam Railway Bridge. Bridges on the Tyne. Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
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