Shincliffe Bridge
| Shincliffe Bridge | |
| County Durham | |
|---|---|
 Shincliffe Bridge on the River Wear | |
| Location | |
| Carrying: | A177 road |
| Crossing: | River Wear |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ28744104 |
| Location: | 54°45’49"N, 1°33’18"W |
| Structure | |
| History | |
| Built 1826 | |
| Information | |
Shincliffe Bridge is a fine stone bridge which crosses the River Wear on the A177 south-east of Durham city centre, on the road towards Stockton-on-Tees.
This is the first bridge upstream after leaving Durham and crosses the Wear just north of Shincliffe. It was built in 1826 and replaced two medieval bridges here. The bridge was widened when a steel footbridge was added on the west (upstream) side sometime after the Second World War.
The first known bridge here was built in about 1400 by Bishop Skirlaw, who was also responsible for building a bridge at Bishop Auckland. It collapsed in 1540 or thereabouts and was rebuilt, but was destroyed in 1753 and again rebuilt. This Georgian bridge was thought to be too narrow and so was again replaced in 1826 by the present bridge at a point just downstream, built of rock-faced sandstone under the direction of the County Surveyor, Ignatius Bonomi.
The bridge is a Grade II listed structure.[1]
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1323210: Shincliffe Bridge (Grade II listing)
- The Shincliffe Bridge on SABRE
- Shincliffe Bridge: BridgesOnTheTyne
| Bridges and crossings on the River Wear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croxdale Viaduct | Sunderland Bridge | Croxdale Bridge | Shincliffe Bridge | Maiden Castle Bridge | Baths Bridge | New Elvet Bridge |