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Road Bridge over Railway

A Grade II Listed Building in Bishop Auckland, County Durham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.657 / 54°39'25"N

Longitude: -1.685 / 1°41'5"W

OS Eastings: 420421

OS Northings: 529149

OS Grid: NZ204291

Mapcode National: GBR JGPL.0C

Mapcode Global: WHC58.26XP

Plus Code: 9C6WM848+R2

Entry Name: Road Bridge over Railway

Listing Date: 23 May 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1209680

English Heritage Legacy ID: 385649

Location: Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14

County: County Durham

Civil Parish: Bishop Auckland

Built-Up Area: Bishop Auckland

Traditional County: Durham

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham

Church of England Parish: Bishop Auckland

Church of England Diocese: Durham

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Description


BISHOP AUCKLAND

NZ22NW ETHERLEY LANE
634-1/5/25 Road bridge over railway

II

Road bridge over railway. c1842. For Bishop Auckland and
Weardale Railway Co. Coursed squared stone and ashlar. 3 high
segmental skew arches, with stepped voussoirs on impost
string, carry road bed with ashlar string. Ashlar parapets
have flat stone coping projecting over outer face and curve
out to road at each end. This section of line, linking South
Church with Crook, opened 15 July 1843 under Bishop Auckland &
Weardale Act of 1837.
(A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Hoole K:
The North East: Newton Abbott: 1965-: 174).


Listing NGR: NZ2042129149

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