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Sunderland Bridge is a bridge just outside the village also called Sunderland Bridge in County Durham, England. It lies close to the confluence of the River Wear and River Browney . Sunderland Bridge originally carried the Great North Road (A1) across the River Wear , and probably dates back to the 14th century.
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Sunderland Bridge is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Croxdale and Hett, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Durham city. [1] In 1961 the parish had a population of 907. [2] The village takes its name from a grade I listed bridge just outside ...
Throughout the Sunderland section it is known as either Durham Road or New Durham Road, and is one of the major routes in and out of the city.A single carriageway section runs from the city centre to a large roundabout at the Barnes.
The bridge as built (from The Engineer, 1880).The 1857 reconstruction of the 1796 Wearmouth Bridge is to the rear. The bridge was built as part of the infrastructure for the Monkwearmouth Junction Line, which opened in 1879; a connecting line across the River Wear to link line of the former Brandling Junction Railway at Monkwearmouth to the south bank at Sunderland and the line of the former ...
Hart railway station was a station that served the villages of Hart and Crimdon in County Durham, England.. The station was built by the Hartlepool Dock & Railway as a stop on their main line between Hartlepool and Haswell but, under its successors, would later become a stop on the Hartlepool–Haswell–Sunderland, Hartlepool–Ferryhill and Durham Coast line.
In 1758, a new proposal hoped to make the Wear navigable from Durham to Sunderland by altering the river's course, but the increasing size of ships made this impractical. Moreover, Sunderland had grown as the north east's main port and centre for shipping. [44] [page needed] In 1787, the Durham infirmary was founded. [22]
An exposure index of 30,000 is considered a minimum for replacing an at-grade crossing with a bridge or underpass. ... March 22. Durham County is embarking on an 18-month study to determine if and ...