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| bridge_name = Corby Bridge | image = Railway bridge at Wetheral taken from the banks of the river - geograph.org.uk - 286754.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = The south face of the viaduct, from the riverbank | official_name = | other_name = {{Plainlist|
}} | carries = Newcastle and Carlisle Railway | crosses = River Eden | locale = Wetheral, Cumbria, England | owner = | maint = | id = | architect = | designer = | engineering = | design = | material = | length = {{Convert|660|ft|m}} | width = | height = {{Convert|100|ft|m}} | mainspan = {{convert|89|ft|m}} | spans = 5 | pierswater = 2 | load = | clearance = | below = | life = | builder = William S. Denton | fabricator = | begin = 1830 | complete = {{Start date|1834}} | cost = | open = | inaugurated = | traffic = | followed = | heritage = Grade I listed | collapsed = | closed = | map_cue = | map_image = | map_alt = | map_text = | map_width = | coordinates = {{Coord|54.88393|-2.82981|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}} }}Corby Bridge (popularly known as Wetheral Viaduct) is a railway viaduct adjacent to and immediately East of Wetheral railway station at Wetheral, near Carlisle, in north-west England, begun in 1830[1] and completed in 1834.[2] It is {{Convert|660|ft|m}} long and {{Convert|100|ft|m}} high,[3] and has been Grade I listed since 1 April 1957.[1] Built for the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company, it still carries the double-track Tyne Valley Line over the River Eden, and includes a cast iron footpath connecting Wetheral with Great Corby.[1][2] This was added to the north face in 1851,[1] because so many people were trespassing on the trackbed, in order to cross.[2] Initially, a half-penny toll, each way, was charged, having risen to a penny by the time the station closed in 1956 (train services resumed in 1981).[2] Pedestrian passage is now free.[2] The bridge has five {{convert|89|ft|m}} spans faced with red sandstone from Newbiggin Quarry near Carlisle.[1] and filled with sandstone rubble from Wetheral and Corby Beck Quarries.[1] It has two piers on either bank and two in the river.[1] The nearby Corby Bridge Inn, opened in the same year, was named for the viaduct.[4] It closed early in 2015 after being sold to a property developer. See also{{portal|Cumbria}}
GalleryReferences{{commonscat}}1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-77758-corby-bridge-wetheral|title=Corby Bridge - Wetheral - Cumbria - England|work=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=27 February 2012}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite episode |title= Bardon Mill to Wigton |url= |accessdate= 2012-01-24 |series= Great British Railway Journeys |serieslink= Great British Railway Journeys |network= BBC |airdate= 2012-01-24 |seriesno= 3 |number= 17 |transcript= |transcripturl= }} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.geog.port.ac.uk/webmap/thelakes/html/lgaz/lk13259.htm|title=Corby Bridge, Wetheral|year=2010|work=Old Cumbria Gazetteer|publisher=University of Portsmouth|accessdate=27 February 2012}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.corbybridgeinn.org.uk/|title=Corby Bridge Inn|accessdate=27 February 2012}} 7 : Railway viaducts in England|Toll bridges in England|History of Cumbria|1834 establishments in England|Pedestrian bridges in England|Bridges completed in 1834|Grade I listed buildings in Cumbria |
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