Royal Border Bridge :: Shared Description

Royal Border Bridge spans the River Tweed between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Tweedmouth. It is a Grade I listed railway viaduct LinkExternal link built between 1847 and 1850, when it was opened by Queen Victoria. The engineer who designed it was Robert Stephenson (son of George Stephenson). It was built for the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway and is still in regular use today, as part of the East Coast Main Line.
The bridge is 659 metres long. It has 28 arches, constructed of brick but faced with stone.
by N Chadwick
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NT9953 : Royal Border Bridge by DS Pugh
NT9953 : Royal Border Bridge by N Chadwick
NT9953 : River path and rail bridge by DS Pugh
NT9953 : Royal Border Bridge by N Chadwick
NT9953 : Royal Border Bridge by N Chadwick
NT9953 : Royal Border Bridge by N Chadwick
NT9953 : Royal Border Bridge by N Chadwick
NT9953 : Royal Border Bridge by N Chadwick
NT9953 : Royal Border Bridge by N Chadwick
NT9953 : Royal Border Bridge by N Chadwick
NT9953 : River Tweed by Ashley Dace
NT9953 : LNER train crossing the Royal Border Bridge (detail) by Stephen Craven
NT9953 : Royal Border Bridge by N Chadwick
NT9953 : Royal Border Bridge by N Chadwick
NT9952 : Two bridges across the River Tweed by Mat Fascione
NT9952 : River Tweed in Berwick-upon-Tweed by Mat Fascione
NT9953 : Royal Border Bridge by N Chadwick
NT9952 : Royal Border Bridge across the rooftops of Berwick by N Chadwick
NT9952 : Tweed and Rowing Club by DS Pugh
NT9953 : Royal Border Bridge by N Chadwick
NT9953 : Royal Border Bridge by David Chatterton
NT9953 : The Royal Border Bridge seen from The Royal Tweed Bridge by habiloid
NT9953 : Royal Border Bridge by N Chadwick
NT9953 : Berwick's three bridges by David Chatterton
NT9953 : Royal Border Bridge by N Chadwick

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Created: Tue, 23 Nov 2010, Updated: Fri, 7 Oct 2011

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