List of crossings of the River Wear

This is a list of crossings of the River Wear, heading downstream, including road and rail bridges and fords.

Wearhead to Stanhope

• Wearhead Bridge (road)
• Sparks Farm Bridge (road)
• Blackdene Bridge (road)
• Blackdene Mine Bridge (road)
• Coronation Bridge (road)
• Newhouse Pastures Ford (road)
• Bridge End Footbridge (foot)
• Broken Way Footbridge (foot)
• Ponderlane Footbridge (foot)
• Huntshield Ford (road)
• Huntshield Footbridge (foot)
• Daddry Shield bridge, A689 (road)
• Waterside House Footbridge (foot)
• Britton Ford (road)
• Britton Bridge (foot)
• Haswicks Bridge (road)
• Westgate Ford (road)
• Brotherlee Footbridge (foot)
• Eastgate Conveyor Bridge (rail - disused)
• Eastgate Railway Bridge (rail - disused)
• Hag Bridge (road)

Stanhope to Bishop Auckland

• Stanhope West Railway Bridge (rail - disused)
• Stanhope Stone Bridge, B6278 (road, foot?)
• Stanhope Stepping Stones (road, foot)
• Stanhope Footbridge (foot)
• Stanhope Central Railway Bridge (rail - disused)
• Stanhope East Railway Bridge (rail - disused)
• Gas Works Bridge (road)
• Rogerley Railway Bridge (rail)
• Frosterley Bridge (road)
• Kenneth's Bridge (foot)
• Broadwood Rail Bridge (rail)
• Frosterley Ford (road, foot?)
• Broadwood Bridge (road)
• New Bridge, Holebeck Mill (road, foot?)
• Wolsingham Bridge (road, foot?)
• Wolsingham Rail Bridge (rail)
• Harperley Footbridge (foot)
• A68 bridge (road)
• Witton Bridge (road, foot)
• Witton Park Viaduct (rail)
• Witton Park Bridge (foot)
• Ford at Witton Park (road, foot?)

Bishop Auckland to Durham

Newton Cap/Bishop Skirlaw Bridge (road) Newton Cap Viaduct, A689 (road) Pay Bridge (foot) Jubilee Bridge (road, foot) Page Bank Bridge (road) Croxdale Viaduct (rail) Sunderland Bridge (road) Croxdale Bridge, A167 (road)

Croxdale Viaduct Sunderland Bridge

Durham to Chester-le-Street

Shincliffe Bridge, A177 (road) Maiden Castle Bridge (foot) Baths Bridge (foot) New Elvet Bridge (road) Elvet Bridge (road, pedestrianised) Kingsgate Bridge (foot) Prebends Bridge (road, pedestrianised) Framwellgate Bridge (road, pedestrianised) Milburngate Bridge, A690 (road, foot) Pennyferry Bridge (foot) Belmont Viaduct (rail - disused) Brasside Bridge (rail - disused, now foot but permanently closed) Finchale Bridge (foot) Cocken Bridge (road)

Elvet Bridge Pennyferry Bridge Cocken Bridge

Chester-le-Street to Sunderland

Lumley New Bridge, B1284 (road) A1(M) bridge (road) Lambton Bridge, Chester Road A183 (road) Chester New Bridge (road) Lamb Bridge, Lambton estate (private) New Bridge, Lambton estate (private) Chartershaugh Bridge, Washington Highway A182 (road) Penshaw Bridge (road) Victoria Viaduct (rail - disused) Cox Green Footbridge (foot)

Chartershaugh Bridge Fatfield Bridge Victoria Viaduct

Sunderland to the North Sea

Hylton Viaduct, A19 (road) Bridge at Claxheugh - proposed (road, foot) Bridge at Galley's Gill - proposed (foot) Queen Alexandra Bridge, A1231 (road, foot) Wearmouth Rail Bridge (rail/Tyne and Wear Metro) Wearmouth Bridge, A1018 (road, foot)

Hylton Viaduct Queen Alexandra Bridge Wearmouth Rail Bridge and Wearmouth Bridge