Cotherstone Bridge

Cotherstone Bridge
County Durham, Yorkshire
The Cotherstone Bridge
Location
Carrying:	Teesdale Way
Crossing:	River Tees
Location
Grid reference:	NZ01322020
Location:	54°34’37"N, 1°58’52"W
Structure
History
	Built 1932
Information

Cotherstone Bridge is a footbridge bridge which crosses the River Tees, from County Durham on the north bank to the North Riding of Yorkshire on the south, near Cotherstone on the Yorkshire side. The bridge links two stretches of the Teesdale Way, either side of the river.

Immediately downstream, on the Yorkshire bank, the River Balder joins the Tees, and is itself crossed by another footbridge on the Teesdale Way.

The bridge was built in 1932 to replace an earlier suspension bridge: in 1929, a cable snapped when 40 people were crossing the suspension bridge, killing one. A preceding bridge, a timber bridge, was replaced following flood damage in 1881.

References

• Cotherstone Bridge: Bridges on the Tyne