Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge

Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge is a railway bridge built in 1879, crossing the River Wear at Sunderland and Monkwearmouth. The bridge lies adjacent to and upstream of the Wearmouth Road Bridge.

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Type: Bridge
Description: Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Also known as: “Monkwearmouth Bridge”, “Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge Over River Wear With Viaduct To North”, and “Sunderland railway bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Wearmouth Bridge and Stadium of Light.

Wearmouth Bridge

Bridge

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Wearmouth Bridge is a through arch bridge across the River Wear in Sunderland, England. It is the final bridge over the river before its mouth with the North Sea.

Stadium of Light

Stadium

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The Stadium of Light is an all-seater football stadium in Sunderland, England, and the eighth and current home to Premier League club Sunderland. With seating for 49,000 spectators, the Stadium of Light is the 10th largest football stadium in England. Stadium of Light is situated 1,900 feet northwest of Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge.

St Peter’s Metro station

Railway station

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St Peter's is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the University of Sunderland and suburb of St Peter's, City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. St Peter’s Metro station is situated 420 feet north of Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monkwearmouth and Ashbrooke.

Monkwearmouth

Suburb

Photo: R J McNaughton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Monkwearmouth is an area of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear in England. Monkwearmouth is at the north side of the mouth of the River Wear. It was one of the three original settlements on the banks of the River Wear along with Bishopwearmouth and Sunderland.

Ashbrooke

Suburb

Ashbrooke is a residential area of Sunderland, North East England directly south and south-west of the city centre. Ashbrooke developed through the Victorian era as Sunderland's first suburb.

Pallion

Suburb

Photo: Martin Routledge, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pallion is a suburb and electoral ward in North West Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England. Most of the buildings in the area were built during the Victorian Era and consist of large terraced houses built for shipbuilders, but also smaller one-storey cottages in other areas for local workers.

Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge

Categories: truss bridge, tied-arch bridge, railway bridge, and transport
Location: Burdon, Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.90991° or 54° 54′ 36″ north

Longitude

-1.38354° or 1° 23′ 1″ west

Open location code

9C6WWJ58+XH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 570572870

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

Wikidata ID

Q12061975

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In Other Languages

From Czech to Spanish—“Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge” goes by many names.

Czech: “Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge”
Slovak: “Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge”
Spanish: “puente ferroviario de Monkwearmouth”
Spanish: “Puente ferroviario de Monkwearmouth”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: St Mary’s Church, Sunderland and St Marys Catholic Centre.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Second Sun and St Peter’s.

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Worth a closer look: London and Manchester.

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