•     Introduction
•     Sunderland to   Fatfield
  •     Wearmouth Bridge
  •     Sunderland Railway Bridge
  •     Queen Alexandra Bridge
  •     Hylton Bridge
  •     Cox Green Footbridge
  •     Victoria Railway Viaduct
  •     Fatfield Bridge
  •     Chartershaugh Bridge
•     Fatfield to Chester-le-  Street
  •     Lambton Estate New Bridge
  •     Lambton Estate Lamb Bridge
  •     Chester New Bridge
  •     Lambton Road Bridge
  •     A1M Motorway Bridge
      Chester-le-Street
  •     New Lumley Bridge
•     Chester-le-Street  to    Durham
  •     Cocken Bridge
  •     Finchale Footbridge
  •     Brasside Footbridge
  •     Belmont Railway Viaduct
  •     Penny Ferry Bridge
  •     Milburngate Bridge
  •     Framwellgate Bridge
  •     Prebends Bridge
  •     Kingsgate Footbridge
  •     Old Elvet Bridge
  •     New Elvet Bridge
  •     Baths Bridge
  •     Maiden Castle Footbridge
•     Durham to Bishop   Auckland
  •     Shincliffe Bridge
  •     Croxdale Bridge
  •      Sunderland Bridge
  •     Croxdale Railway Viaduct
  •     Page Bank Bridge
  •     Jubilee Bridge Willington
  •     Pay Bridge
  •     Newton Cap Viaduct   Bishop  Auckland
  •     Newton Cap Bridge   Bishop  Auckland
•     Bishop Auckland to   Frosterley
  •     Witton Park Railway Viaduct
  •     Witton Park Bridge
  •     Witton Bridge
  •     Witton A68 Bridge
  •     Harperley Footbridge
  •     Wolsingham Railway Bridge
  •     Wolsingham Bridge
  •     New Bridge, Holebeck Mill
  •     Broadwood Bridge Frosterley
  •     Broadwood Railway Bridge   Frosterley
  •     Kenneth's Bridge Frosterley
  •     Frosterley Bridge
•     Frosterley to   Stanhope
  •     Rogerley Railway Bridge
  •     Gas Works Bridge
  •     Stanhope East Railway Bridge
  •     Stanhope Central Railway Bridge
  •     Stanhope Footbridge
  •     Stanhope Stepping Stones
  •     Stanhope Stone Bridge
  •     Stanhope West Railway Bridge
•     Stanhope to   Daddry  Shield
  •     Hag Bridge, Eastgate
  •     Eastgate Railway Bridge
  •     Eastgate Conveyor Bridge
  •     Brotherlee Footbridge
  •     Haswicks Bridge, Westgate
  •     Britton Bridge, Westgate
  •     Waterside House Footbridge
      and Stepping Stones, Westgate
  •     Daddry Shield Bridge
•     Daddry Shield to   Wearhead
  •     Huntshield Footbridge and
      Stepping Stones
  •     Ponderlane Footbridge
      St John's Chapel
  •     Broken Way Footbridge
      St John's Chapel
  •     Bridge End Footbridge
  •     Coronation Bridge, Ireshopeburn
  •     Blackdene Mine Bridge
  •     Blackdene Bridge
  •     Sparks Farm Bridge
  •     Wearhead Bridge
  •     Confluence of Killhope
      and Burnhope Burns
•     Wearhead to   Killhope Head
  •     Westfall Bridge
  •     Burtreeford Bridge
  •     Burtreeford Footbridge
  •     Bells Bridge
  •     Low Allers Bridge
  •     Heathery Bridge
  •     Lanehead Footbridge
  •     Killhopeburn Bridge
  •     Weardale Estate Bridge
  •     Killhope Mine Bridge
  •     Killhopehead Bridge
  •     Killhope Cross and Source
•     Former Bridges, Fords   and   Ferries
•     Reference
•     Links
•     Bridges On The Tyne
•     Bridges on the   Derwent
•     Bridges on the Tees
•     Bridges on the   Coquet
•     Bridges on the   Wansbeck
•     Bridges on the Blyth
•     Bridges on the Aln
•     Bridges on the Tweed

HARPERLEY FOOTBRIDGE

An unusual bridge, apparently in the middle of nowhere, it is unusually constructed from aluminium. Situated near the former railway station at Harperley on the Wear Valley Railway, it is reached along footpaths from the A689 at Eels Bridge, west of Crook, initially on part of the Weardale Way, then turning south at Low Harperley farm to cross the railway. The footbridge is a little south from there. Footpaths continue uphill on the other side to various settlements nearby.

An older footbridge which once existed here suffered the usual fate of being destroyed by floods and was replaced only to be again swept away and again replaced, this time with a steel footbridge. This is lonely country and it seems likely that this is one of the least used bridges on the Wear, apart from by the local community.

 Harperley Footbridge