Surtees Rail Bridge
Surtees Rail Bridge | |
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Surtees Rail Bridge over the River Tees | |
| 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 | |
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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.