Newton Cap Viaduct : Rail to Road Conversion
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Newton Cap Viaduct : Rail to Road Conversion
Image: © Hugh Mortimer Taken: 21 Jan 2007
Built in 1857 as a railway viaduct, closed 1968, re-opened to carry the A687, 1995. The 15th century, Skirlaw Bridge, built by Walter de Skirlaw of Durham 1388-1406. It has two arches: one a pointed one 91ft across and a rounded one 101ft wide crossing the River Wear, (bottom right). On the western end is a stone inscribed "Edward Palfreys Leap 1744".
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Image Location
Latitude
54.66727
Longitude
-1.681976