Royal Border Bridge
spans the River Tweed between Berwick-upon-Tweed and
Tweedmouth in Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I
listed railway viaduct built between 1847 and 1850, when it
was opened by Queen Victoria. The engineer who designed it
was Robert Stephenson (son of George Stephenson). It was
built for the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway and is
still in regular use today, as part of the East Coast Main
Line.
The bridge is 659 metres long. It has 28 arches, constructed
of brick but aesthetically faced with stone. The bridge is
38 metres above the river itself. In the 1990s it underwent
significant repair work for the first time, in a Railtrack
project with some funding from English Heritage.The Internet
Stamp Company issued a special hand-stamp to celebrate the
160th anniversary of the Bridge on 29 August 2010 at Berwick
upon Tweed.
Photo 784, May 2011