Swin Bridge

The bridge, from the South

Swin Bridge (also 'Cockfield Bridge' or 'Haggerleases Bridge'[1][2]) is the local name for a skew arch bridge in County Durham.[3] It was built in 1830 for the Haggerleases branch of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, crossing the River Gaunless at Cockfield.[1][4] It is important as an early example of the masonry arch skew bridge, and the first used to carry a railway.

  1. ^ a b "Haggerleases Skew Bridge". Structural Images of the North East.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference BRBV, Haggerleases was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "History - Part I : "Then"". The Haggerleases Light Railway.
  4. ^ Beckett, Derrick (1984). Stephensons' Britain. David & Charles. pp. 48–49. ISBN 0-7153-8269-1.