Croxdale Viaduct
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| Croxdale Viaduct | |
| County Durham | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Type: | Railway viaduct |
| Crossing: | River Wear |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ26323760 |
| Location: | 54°43’58"N, 1°35’34"W |
| Structure | |
| Length: | 230 yards |
| Type: | Railway viaduct |
| History | |
| Built 1872 | |
| Architect: | Thomas Harrison |
| Information | |
Croxdale Viaduct carries the railway high over the River Wear on eleven elegant arches near Croxdale in County Durham, to the south of the City of Durham. It crosses the river in a cluster of bridges: immediately downstream is the mediaeval Sunderland Bridge and beyond that the modern Croxdale Bridge.
The viaduct was built in 1872, for the North Eastern Railway’s main line to Durham from Tursdale Junction (from where the old main line continued north via Leamside). It crosses the Wear east to west before the railway again turns north and it stands high above the river with farmland on the west bank.
References
- Croxdale Viaduct: Bridge On The Tyne
| Bridges and crossings on the River Wear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay Bridge | Jubilee Bridge | Page Bank Bridge | Croxdale Viaduct | Sunderland Bridge | Croxdale Bridge | Shincliffe Bridge |