Metal Bridge, Cumbria

Metal Bridge

Metal Bridge Inn
Metal Bridge
 Metal Bridge shown within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY356648
Civil parishRockcliffe
Westlinton
DistrictCity of Carlisle
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town CARLISLE
Postcode district CA6
Dialling code 01228
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentCarlisle
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Coordinates: 54°58′26″N 3°00′19″W / 54.9740°N 3.0054°W / 54.9740; -3.0054

Metal Bridge is a small settlement in Cumbria, England between Carlisle and Gretna, formerly on the main A74 road.

The settlement consists of a few properties clustered around a public house (now a restaurant) of the same name,[1] on the south bank of the River Esk.

The settlement and pub (and nearby forest plantation) derive their name from the Thomas Telford designed metal bridge that spanned the river at this point on the road to Scotland.[2]

The M6 motorway extension opened in December 2008 and bypasses the village, replacing the A74 road dual carriageway as the main route across the Scottish border.[3]

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  1. ↑ Todhills Blackford Pubs & Inns Metal Bridge Inn Near Carlisle Carlisle & East Cumbria UK
  2. ↑ "Glasgow to Carlisle road". Institute of Chartered Engineers. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  3. ↑ M6 Carlisle to Guards Mill Extension


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