•     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

TEES ESTUARY TO YARM

"Until dredging operations created a main channel for sea-going vessels, the mouth of the river consisted of extensive mudflats and shifting sands. By 1900 more than half of Teesmouth's 2,400 hectares of inter-tidal mudflats had been reclaimed by industrial use and during the nineteen-sixties and nineteen-seventies much of the remaining land was also developed."

The River Tees. A North Country River. R Woodhouse. 1991

The Tees Estuary is wide and is bordered by sand dunes with a variety of plants. Various birds, insects and animals, including seals, also live on and around the estuary.

The main channel for sea-going vessels is reached through the breakwaters on either side of the river mouth, called the North and South Gare. The river at first flows south from the North Sea and Greatham creek flows into the estuary on its west side. There is public access to the Gares and Teesmouth National Nature reserve is located at North Gare sands. Near the South Gare is a lifeboat station and a pilots station as part of a small harbour called Paddy's Hole. A coastguard station and radio mast are also present, and a lighthouse too. North Gare is half a mile long and was built in the late 19th century (1882 to 1891) while South Gare is over two and a half miles in length and was constructed between 1863 and 1888.

Teesport and Hartlepool is the third biggest port in Britain and lies on the south bank of the Tees. The banks of the estuary are littered with industry, steelworks, chemical plants, a nuclear power station, an oil refinery and the Redcar Ore Terminal. The town of Middlesbrough is situated upstream on the river's south bank, while the town of Hartlepool is a little to the north.

The Tees then passes Stockton with its road and rail bridges now joined by the Teesquay Millenium Bridge. The Yorkshire town of Yarm with two fine old bridges marks the end of the industrial stretch of the Tees and the beginning of the rural part of the river.

The Teesdale Way, a long distance walk along the Tees starts from near Middlesbrough.

 The 'Endeavour' at Stockton