Berwick Bridge

The, also called Berwick Bridge Old Bridge, spans the River Tweed at Berwick -upon- Tweed, Northumberland, England. The current building is a built 1611-1624 stone bridge, which is protected in the English monument list as a Grade I. At the same location there were four former bridges, two of which destroyed by flood ( the original bridge in 1199 and the third bridge in 1294 ), one by an English attack in 1216, while the 1376 -built last bridge existed until King James I of England ordered the construction of the current bridge. She was at that time a part of the main road between Edinburgh and London, and the King ( who is also James VI. Scotland was ) had to cross 1603 on the way to his coronation in London, the then dilapidated wooden bridge.

The bridge is 355 m long and 5 m wide. It mainly consists of Tweedmouth sandstone. It has 15 arches with Doric -style Pfeilervorbauten ( although were originally planned only 13). James Burrell, the builder of the bridge, had to 1621, when the bridge was almost ready to fight against floods, what their completion was delayed by several years. The building cost £ 15,000 allegedly.

The bridge lost its importance for the road as the main road was moved westward, first to the 1920 of reinforced concrete built Royal Tweed Bridge and finally in 1980 the years, as a bypass around completely directed the A1 to Berwick. The bridge now has a one-way street from east to west (ie from Berwick upon Tweed Bournemouth). The one-way scheme is expected to be final and met little resistance from the local business; the now calmer Bridge Street even gave them the opportunity to close the road at certain Sundays and hold markets with local products and goods.