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Latitude: 54.9099 / 54°54'35"N
Longitude: -1.3835 / 1°23'0"W
OS Eastings: 439625
OS Northings: 557416
OS Grid: NZ396574
Mapcode National: GBR VCG.13
Mapcode Global: WHD55.QVDC
Plus Code: 9C6WWJ58+XJ
Entry Name: Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge over River Wear with Viaduct to North
Listing Date: 10 November 1978
Last Amended: 17 October 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1207051
English Heritage Legacy ID: 391375
Also known as: Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge
Sunderland railway bridge
ID on this website: 101207051
Location: Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR1
County: Sunderland
Electoral Ward/Division: Millfield
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Sunderland
Traditional County: Durham
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Tyne and Wear
Church of England Parish: Monkwearmouth Team Ministry
Church of England Diocese: Durham
Tagged with: Truss bridge Tied-arch bridge Railway bridge
This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 05/02/2018
NZ 3957 SE, 920-1/18/1
SUNDERLAND,
Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge over River Wear with viaduct to north
(Formerly Listed as: Railway Bridge across River Wear)
10/11/78
GV
II
Railway bridge and viaduct to north. 1879. For Monkwearmouth
Junction Railway of North Eastern Railway Company. Engineer
Thomas Harrison. Wrought-iron arch, rock-faced abutments with
ashlar dressings. Girder deck and bow-string arch with girder
ties braced by pierced plates graduating from circles to tall
ovals. Piers arch-pierced with plinths and top bands below
square ashlar rail-bed piers with plinths, top bands and
chamfered coping. Abutments and viaduct of rock-faced stone
have high accommodation arches over Sheepfolds Road and
Easington Street with voussoirs, and flat-coped ashlar
parapets. Built to link former Brandling Junction Railway line
terminus at Monkwearmouth Station with a new Central Station
in Sunderland; the first through line between Newcastle and
Sunderland. Said to be `the largest hog-back iron girder
bridge in the world' when built. The railway bridge and
viaduct to north is linked with Monkwearmouth Station (qv).
Listing NGR: NZ3962557416
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