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List of crossings of the River Wear

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

North Sea to Sunderland

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Wearmouth Bridge  A1018 road, A183 road, National Cycle Route 1Wearside192954°54′36″N 1°22′58″W 
Monkwearmouth Bridge  Durham Coast Line, Green lineMonkwearmouth187954°54′36″N 1°23′1″W[1] 
Queen Alexandra Bridge  Road, A1231 road (until Aug 2018), Queen Alexandra Bridge Branch (until 1921)Wearside10 Jun 190954°54′50″N 1°24′21″W[2] 
Northern Spire Bridge  A1231 road, bike path, sidewalkWearside28 Aug 201854°55′0″N 1°25′28″W 
Hylton Viaduct  A19 road, sidewalkSouth Hylton197454°54′16″N 1°27′30″W 

Sunderland to Chester-le-Street

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Cox Green Footbridge  FootpathCox Green195854°53′27″N 1°29′39″W 
Victoria Viaduct  Leamside lineWearsideAug 183854°53′5″N 1°30′9″W[3] 
Penshaw Bridge  Station RoadSunderland188954°52′48″N 1°30′54″W 
Chartershaugh Bridge  A182 roadSunderland197554°52′34″N 1°31′10″W 
New Bridge  Lambton Castle54°52′7″N 1°31′51″W
Lamb Bridge  Lambton Castle181954°51′57″N 1°32′34″W[4]
Chester New Bridge  Bournmoor54°51′52″N 1°33′30″W[5][6] 
Lambton Bridge  A183 roadChester-le-Street192654°51′51″N 1°33′28″W
A1(M) bridge over the Wear  A1(M) motorwayCounty Durham196854°51′42″N 1°33′35″W
New Lumley Bridge  B1284 roadCounty Durham199754°51′6″N 1°33′33″W

Chester-le-Street to Durham

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Cocken Bridge  Cocken RoadPlawsworth188654°49′9″N 1°33′54″W 
Finchale Bridge  SidewalkFinchale Priory193754°49′8″N 1°32′25″W 
Brasside Bridge  County Durham1850s54°48′40″N 1°32′5″W
Belmont Viaduct  Leamside lineFramwellgate Moor[7]185654°47′55″N 1°32′19″W[7] 
Penny Ferry Bridge  FootbridgeDurham200254°46′48″N 1°34′36″W 
Milburngate Bridge  A690 roadCounty Durham196754°46′41″N 1°34′38″W 
Framwellgate Bridge  Silver StreetCity of Durham15th century54°46′34″N 1°34′41″W[8][9] 
Prebends Bridge  South BaileyCounty Durham177254°46′15″N 1°34′46″W[10][11] 
Kingsgate Bridge  FootpathCounty Durham196754°46′23″N 1°34′21″W 
Elvet Bridge  Elvet BridgeDurham116054°46′33″N 1°34′24″W[12][13] 
New Elvet Bridge  New ElvetDurham197554°46′36″N 1°34′20″W 
Baths Bridge  FootpathCounty Durham1960s54°46′36″N 1°34′9″W 
Maiden Castle bridge  PathCounty Durham197454°46′9″N 1°33′32″W 
Shincliffe Bridge  A177 roadShincliffe182654°45′49″N 1°33′17″W[14][15] 

Durham to Bishop Auckland

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Croxdale Road Bridge  A167 roadCroxdale192454°44′5″N 1°35′17″W 
Sunderland Bridge  Weardale WaySunderland Bridge14th century54°44′3″N 1°35′23″W[16][17] 
Croxdale Viaduct  East Coast Main LineCroxdale187254°43′58″N 1°35′34″W 
Page Bank Bridge  Whitworth LanePage Bank199554°42′48″N 1°38′17″W 
Jubilee Bridge  Cobey's Carr LaneWillington199054°42′14″N 1°40′40″W 
Pay Bridge  FootpathCounty Durham54°41′59″N 1°41′31″W 
Newton Cap Railway Viaduct  A689 road (from 1995)Bishop Auckland[18]54°40′3″N 1°40′55″W[18] 
Newton Cap Bridge  Bishop Auckland54°40′2″N 1°41′1″W[19][20] 

Bishop Auckland to Stanhope

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Witton Park Ford  Witton Park54°40′20″N 1°44′11″W 
Witton Park Bridge  Witton Park23 Aug 190454°40′20″N 1°44′19″W 
Witton Park Viaduct  Weardale RailwayWitton Park185454°40′20″N 1°44′19″W 
Witton Bridge  Witton-le-Wear, Hamsterley, Evenwood and Barony54°40′17″N 1°46′20″W[21] 
A68 Wear bridge  A68 roadCounty Durham54°40′15″N 1°46′34″W 
Harperley Footbridge  Weardale Way54°42′21″N 1°49′12″W
Wolsingham Rail Bridge  Weardale RailwayWolsingham184754°43′33″N 1°52′25″W 
Wolsingham Bridge  Wolsingham189454°43′36″N 1°53′9″W 
Holebeck Mill Bridge  Wear Valley1990s54°43′36″N 1°54′57″W
Broadwood Bridge  Frosterley1970s54°43′37″N 1°56′46″W 
Frosterley Ford  Frosterley54°43′37″N 1°56′48″W 
Broadwood Rail Bridge  Weardale RailwayFrosterley184754°43′36″N 1°56′49″W 
Kenneth Bridge  FootpathFrosterley54°43′32″N 1°57′15″W 
Frosterley Bridge  Frosterley181354°43′36″N 1°57′57″W[22] 
Rogerley railway bridge  Weardale RailwayShittlehope186254°43′46″N 1°58′57″W
Gas Works Bridge  Shittlehope195854°44′23″N 1°59′56″W 
Stanhope East Railway Bridge  Weardale RailwayStanhope54°44′29″N 2°0′7″W
Stanhope Central Railway Bridge  Weardale RailwayStanhope189554°44′42″N 2°0′28″W 
Stanhope Footbridge  FootpathStanhope54°44′52″N 2°0′56″W 
Stanhope Ford  Stanhope54°44′52″N 2°0′56″W 
Stanhope Bridge  B6278 roadStanhope14th century54°44′48″N 2°1′28″W[23][24] 
Stanhope West Railway Bridge  Weardale RailwayStanhope189554°44′46″N 2°1′42″W 

Stanhope to Wearhead

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Hag Bridge  Eastgate199654°44′27″N 2°4′5″W 
Eastgate Railway Bridge  Weardale RailwayEastgate189554°44′26″N 2°4′45″W
Eastgate Conveyor Bridge  Belt conveyorEastgate196454°44′24″N 2°5′10″W 
Brotherlee Footbridge  FootpathBrotherlee1990s54°44′9″N 2°7′1″W 
Haswick's Bridge  Westgate54°44′14″N 2°8′34″W[25] 
Britton Bridge and ford  Westgate54°44′11″N 2°9′2″W 
Waterside House Footbridge  FootpathStanhope54°44′13″N 2°9′16″W 
Daddry Shield Bridge  A689 roadDaddry Shield54°44′15″N 2°9′48″W 
Huntshield Ford  St John's Chapel54°44′17″N 2°10′29″W 
Ponderlane Bridge  FootpathStanhope54°44′20″N 2°10′48″W 
Broken Way Footbridge  FootpathStanhope54°44′22″N 2°11′16″W
Bridge End Footbridge  FootpathStanhope54°44′31″N 2°11′32″W 
Bridge End Ford  Stanhope54°44′32″N 2°11′35″W 
Coronation Bridge  Stanhope[26]183854°44′32″N 2°11′59″W[26] 
Blackdene Mine Bridge  Ireshopeburn54°44′38″N 2°12′18″W 
West Blackdene Bridge  West Blackdene18th century[27]54°44′49″N 2°12′33″W[27] 
Sparks Farm Bridge  Stanhope198654°44′59″N 2°13′5″W
Wearhead Bridge  A689 roadWearhead198954°45′0″N 2°13′18″W 

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