•     Introduction
•     Tees Estuary to Yarm
  •     Transporter Bridge
  •     Newport Vertical Lift Bridge
  •     A19 Tees Viaduct
  •     Tees Barrage
  •     Infinity Bridge
  •     Princess of Wales Bridge
  •     Teesquay Millenium Bridge
  •     Victoria Bridge
  •     Stockton Railway Bridges
  •     A66 Surtees Bridge
  •     Jubilee Bridge
  •     Preston Pipe Bridge
  •     Yarm Road Bridge
  •     Yarm Railway Viaduct
•     Yarm to   Piercebridge
  •     Over Dinsdale Bridge
  •     Fishlocks Bridge
  •     Girsby Bridge
  •     Neasham Hall Bridge
  •     Low Hail, Hurworth Bridge
  •     Croft Railway Bridge
  •     Croft Road Bridge
  •     Blackwell Bridge
  •     A1M Bridge Low Coniscliffe
  •     Piercebridge Bridge
  •     Piercebridge Pipe Bridge
•     Piercebridge to   Barnard Castle
  •     Barforth Hall Bridge
  •     Gainford Railway Bridge
  •     West Tees Railway Bridge
  •     Winston Bridge
  •     Whorlton Bridge
  •     Abbey Bridge, Egglestone
  •     Thorngate Footbridge
  •     Barnard Castle Bridge
  •     Deepdale Footbridge
•     Barnard Castle to   Tees Source
  •     Cotherstone Footbridge
  •     Eggleston Bridge
  •     Beckstones Wath Footbridge
  •      Middleton in Teesdale Bridge
  •     Scoberry Footbridge
  •     Winch Footbridge
  •     Low Force
  •     Holwick Head Footbridge
  •     High Force
  •     Cronkley Bridge
  •     Cauldron Snout
  •     Birkdale Footbridge
  •     Cow Green Reservoir
  •     Moor House Bridge
  •     Tees Source
•     Former Bridges and   Fords
•     Reference
•     Links
•     Bridges On The Tyne
•     Bridges on the   Derwent
•     Bridges on the   Coquet
•     Bridges on the   Wansbeck
•     Bridges on the Blyth
•     Bridges on the Aln
•     Bridges on the Wear
•     Bridges on the Tweed

BLACKWELL BRIDGE

"Blackwell Bridge. 1832 by John and Benjamin Green, an elegant road bridge in honey-coloured sandstone with three elliptical arches, pentagnal voussoirs, and 'cornes de vache'. Attractive toll house on the W approach. Well disguised downstream widening in 1961."

The Buildings of England. County Durham. Nikolaus Pevsner, revised Elizabeth Williamson. 1985

Connecting the A66 with the A66(M) and hence the A1(M), the Blackwell Bridge is an early 19th century bridge just south of Darlington. It is an elegant sandstone structure with 3 arches and is situated at the bottom of a hill. It once carried the A1 and was widened with a matching stone facing, covering reinforced concrete in 1960. It was designed and built by John Green of Newcastle. The former toll house stands at the west end. Blackwell is a pleasant residential suburb of Darlington.

The river is wooded near here and makes a big loop just beyond the bridge. Though Darlington is close by, on the Yorkshire side are fields and farms.

 Blackwell Bridge