Surtees Rail Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 54°33′17.4″N 1°18′38.7″W / 54.554833°N 1.310750°W |
Carries | Rail traffic |
Crosses | River Tees |
Locale | Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom |
Official name | Surtees Rail Bridge |
Owner | Network Rail |
Preceded by | Surtees Bridge |
Followed by | Tees Victoria Bridge |
Characteristics | |
Design | Multiple girder bridge |
Material | Reinforced concrete and steel plate girder |
No. of spans | 3 |
Piers in water | 2 |
History | |
Designer | HBPW Partners |
Constructed by | Carillion Civil Engineering and Network Rail |
Construction end | 2009 |
Opened | 2009 |
Replaces | The 1906 Tees Bridge |
Location | |
The Surtees Rail Bridge is a rail bridge on the Tees Valley Line over the River Tees in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees. The bridge is south of Stockton-on-Tees town centre and just north of the adjacent Surtees Bridge which carries the A66 road. The bridge is built on the site of a series of Tees Bridges alternating between two adjacent crossing sites.