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Corby Bridge is a railway viaduct adjacent to and immediately east of Wetheral railway station at Wetheral, near Carlisle, in north-west… Read more…

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Corby Bridge is a railway viaduct adjacent to and immediately east of Wetheral railway station at Wetheral, near Carlisle, in north-west England, begun in 1830 and completed in 1834. It is 660 feet long and 100 feet high, and has been Grade I listed since 1 April 1957.Built for the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company, it still carries the double-track Tyne Valley Line over the River Eden, and includes a cast iron footpath connecting Wetheral with Great Corby. This was added to the north face in 1851, because so many people were trespassing on the trackbed, in order to cross. Initially, a half-penny toll, each way, was charged, having risen to a penny by the time the station closed in 1956. Pedestrian passage is now free.The bridge has five 89 feet spans faced with red sandstonered from Newbiggin Quarry near Carlisle. and filled with sandstone rubble from Wetheral and

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Address (Unnamed Road), CA4 8HB, United Kingdom
Coordinates 54°53'1.915" N, 2°49'47.068" W
Riverside Hotel
Taxi · 8 min
Corby Bridge
2h
Walk · 6 min
Corner Café
45 min
Walk · 18 min
Riverside Hotel

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