A1(M) Bridge, Low Coniscliffe

A1(M) Bridge
County Durham, Yorkshire
Location
Carrying:	A1(M) motorway
Crossing:	River Tees
Location
Grid reference:	NZ24601340
Location:	54°30’55"N, 1°37’17"W
Structure
History
	Built 1961
Information

The A1(M) Bridge carries the A1(M) motorway over the River Tees from the North Riding of Yorkshire on the south bank to County Durham on the north bank by Low Coniscliffe in the latter county.

This is a modern, pre-stressed concrete arch bridge of three spans, built in 1961. The bridge was built in advance of the first ten-mile section of the 'Durham Motorway', a part of the A1, which was to be built in 1965, by-passing Darlington. The road follows the line of the former Merrybent Railway to Barton in Yorkshire, a quarry line (a branch on the former Darlington to Barnard Castle Railway) which had been closed in 1950 and dismantled in 1952. The new bridge crosses the Tees on the site of the old railway bridge, the road following the trackbed of the railway to Barton.

References

• A1(M) Bridge, Low Coniscliffe: Bridges on the Tyne

Bridges and crossings on the River Tees
Barforth Hall Bridge	Piercebridge Pipe Bridge	Piercebridge Bridge	A1(M) Bridge	Blackwell Bridge	Croft Bridge	Tees Bridge