•     Introduction
•     North Seaton to   Morpeth
  •     North Seaton Bridge
  •     North Seaton Railway Bridge    (The Black Bridge)
  •     Stakeford Bridge
  •     Sheepwash Bridge
  •     Bothal Footbridge
  •     Bothal Mill Bridge
  •     Pegswood Railway Viaduct
  •     Morpeth East Footbridge
  •     Stobsford Footbridge
  •      Morpeth Telford Bridge
•     Morpeth to Mitford
  •     Chantry Footbridge
  •     Elliott Footbridge
  •     Oldgate Bridge
  •     Stepping Stones
  •     Skinnery Footbridge
  •     Lowford Bridge
  •     Highford Bridge
  •     Highford Pipe Bridge
  •     Mitford A1 Bridge
  •     Mitford Bridge
  •     Mitford Footbridge
•     Mitford to   Middleton
  •     Rivergreen Footbridge
  •     Meldon Bridge
  •     Mill House Bridge
  •     Meldon Park Footbridge
  •     Broom House Footbridge
  •     Howlett Hall Footbridge
  •      Low Angerton Bridge
  •     Low Angerton Railway Bridge
  •     Highlaws Footbridge
  •     Middleton Mill Footbridge
  •     Middleton Bridge
•     Middleton to   Wansbeck Source
  •     Scarlett Hall Bridge
  •     Barn Flatt Stepping Stones
  •     Wallington Bridge
  •     Dean House Footbridge
  •     Kirkwhelpington Bridge
  •     Kirkwhelpington Footbridge
  •     Kirkwhelpington A696 Bridge
  •     Kirkwhelpington Farm Bridge
  •     Sweethope Loughs
  •     Sweethope Loughs Road Bridge
•     Former Bridges and   Fords
•     Reference
•     Links
•     Bridges On The Tyne
•     Bridges on the   Derwent
•     Bridges on the Tees
•     Bridges on the   Coquet
•     Bridges on the Blyth
•     Bridges on the Aln
•     Bridges on the Wear
•     Bridges on the Tweed

PEGSWOOD RAILWAY VIADUCT

The second rail bridge on the Wansbeck and the most impressive. The bridge forms part of the Morpeth to Berwick section of the East Coast Main Line. The Wansbeck was spanned as part of the third section of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway which opened between Chathill and Morpeth on the 1st July 1847, the whole line being completed on 1st July, except for the bridge over the Tweed from Tweedmouth to Berwick. But the first bridges on the line were only timber trestle bridges and it was not until 1849-50 that they were replaced by the stone viaducts of today, over the Blyth, Wansbeck, and Aln, all designed by Robert Stephenson.

The viaduct is under a mile south of Pegswood, once a mining village, and it crosses the valley in a deep gorge with very steep banks, high above the river. A footpath passes under the viaduct on either bank from which its structure may be appreciated. It is a Grade II listed building.

 Pegswood Railway Viaduct