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It is a railway viaduct with six main arches, the four over the river being skewed. | It is a railway viaduct with six main arches, the four over the river being skewed. | ||
The piers standing in the river are pierced by arched openings, which were originally intended to be linked by a pedestrian walkway across the river<ref>[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1156068] Historic England listing, ALSTON ARCHES VIADUCT, LANTYS LONNEN</ref> or a toll road as an alternative to the existing wooden bridge <ref>'A History of the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway' by Bill Fawcett, North Eastern Railway Association, 2008</ref> | The piers standing in the river are pierced by arched openings, which were originally intended to be linked by a pedestrian walkway across the river<ref>[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1156068] Historic England listing, ALSTON ARCHES VIADUCT, LANTYS LONNEN</ref> or a toll road as an alternative to the existing wooden bridge <ref>'A History of the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway' by Bill Fawcett, North Eastern Railway Association, 2008</ref>. | ||
1851-2 Built for the Alston branch of the [[Newcastle and Carlisle Railway]]. | 1851-2 Built for the Alston branch of the [[Newcastle and Carlisle Railway]]. | ||
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over the River South Tyne in Haltwhistle, Northumberland.
It is a railway viaduct with six main arches, the four over the river being skewed.
The piers standing in the river are pierced by arched openings, which were originally intended to be linked by a pedestrian walkway across the river[1] or a toll road as an alternative to the existing wooden bridge [2].
1851-2 Built for the Alston branch of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway.
Designed by George Barclay Bruce.
1976 Closed
2006 Restored by the North Pennines Heritage Trust, and reopened as part of a pedestrian footpath.
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