Corby Bridge
| Corby Bridge | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 The south face of Corby Bridge | |
| Location | |
| Carrying: | Newcastle and Carlisle Railway |
| Crossing: | River Eden |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY468546 |
| Location: | 54°53’2"N, 2°49’47"W |
| Structure | |
| Length: | 660 feet Main span: 89 feet |
| History | |
| Built 1830-1834 | |
| Information | |
Corby Bridge (popularly known as Wetheral Viaduct) is a railway viaduct carrying the railway line between Newcastle upon Tyne and Carlisle over the River Eden near Carlisle. It stands adjacent to and immediately east of Wetheral railway station at Wetheral.
The work to build the viaduct began in 1830[1] and completed in 1834.[2] It is 660 feet long and 100 feet high,[3] and is Grade I listed.[1]
Built for the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company, the viaduct still carries the double-track Tyne Valley Line over the River Eden, and includes a cast iron footpath connecting Wetheral with Great Corby.[1][2] This was added to the north face in 1851,[1] because so many people were trespassing on the trackbed, in order to cross.[2] Initially, a half-penny toll, each way, was charged, having risen to a penny by the time the station closed in 1956. (Train services resumed in 1981.)[2] Pedestrian passage is now free.[2]
The bridge has five 89-foot spans faced with red sandstone from Newbiggin Quarry near Carlisle.[1] and filled with sandstone rubble from Wetheral and Corby Beck Quarries.[1] It has two piers on either bank and two in the river.[1]
The nearby Corby Bridge Inn, opened in the same year, was named for the viaduct.[4] It closed early in 2015 after being sold to a property developer.
Pictures
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View from the river -
The viaduct's north side, with footpath nearest the camera, and the station footbridge visible in the background -
The footpath
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Corby Bridge) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Corby Bridge - Wetheral - British Listed Buildings
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Bardon Mill to Wigton". Great British Railway Journeys. BBC. 2012-01-24. No. 17, series 3. Retrieved on 2012-01-24.
- ↑ "Corby Bridge, Wetheral". Old Cumbria Gazetteer. University of Portsmouth. 2010. http://www.geog.port.ac.uk/webmap/thelakes/html/lgaz/lk13259.htm. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ↑ Corby Bridge Inn