•     Introduction
•     North Seaton to   Morpeth
  •     North Seaton Bridge
  •     North Seaton Railway Bridge    (The Black Bridge)
  •     Stakeford Bridge
  •     Sheepwash Bridge
  •     Bothal Footbridge
  •     Bothal Bridge
  •     Pegswood Railway Viaduct
  •     Morpeth East Footbridge
  •     Stobsford Footbridge
  •      Morpeth Telford Bridge
•     Morpeth to Mitford
  •     Chantry Footbridge
  •     Elliott Footbridge
  •     Oldgate Bridge
  •     Stepping Stones
  •     Skinnery Footbridge
  •     Lowford Bridge
  •     Highford Bridge
  •     Highford Pipe Bridge
  •     Mitford A1 Bridge
  •     Mitford Bridge
  •     Mitford Footbridge
•     Mitford to   Middleton
  •     Rivergreen Footbridge
  •     Meldon Bridge
  •     Mill House Bridge
  •     Meldon Park Footbridge
  •     Broom House Footbridge
  •     Howlett Hall Footbridge
  •      Low Angerton Bridge
  •     Low Angerton Railway Bridge
  •     Highlaws Footbridge
  •     Middleton Mill Footbridge
  •     Middleton Bridge
•     Middleton to   Wansbeck Source
  •     Scarlett Hall Bridge
  •     Barn Flatt Stepping Stones
  •     Wallington Bridge
  •     Dean House Footbridge
  •     Kirkwhelpington Bridge
  •     Kirkwhelpington Footbridge
  •     Kirkwhelpington A696 Bridge
  •     Kirkwhelpington Farm Bridge
  •     Sweethope Loughs
  •     Sweethope Loughs Road Bridge
•     Former Bridges and   Fords
•     Reference
•     Links
•     Bridges On The Tyne
•     Bridges on the   Derwent
•     Bridges on the Tees
•     Bridges on the   Coquet
•     Bridges on the Blyth
•     Bridges on the Aln

MORPETH TELFORD BRIDGE

Probably the best known and most handsome bridge on the Wansbeck, it carries the main A197 road, formerly the A1, linking the two halves of Morpeth either side of the river. It replaced the old medieval bridge upstream and although the inscription on the parapet gives famed engineer Thomas Telford credit it is said (by historian John Hodgson) to have been the design of John Dobson of Newcastle, Telford choosing the site and supervising the work.

Morpeth is an old town and the county town of Northumberland. It has many smaller brick buildings, the result of rebuilding after a fire in the 17th century. St George's United Reformed church stands on the north bank just east of the bridge, and the Court House is to the south.

 Morpeth Telford Bridge