Coldstream Bridge
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Coldstream Bridge, linking Coldstream, Scottish Borders with Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, is an 18th-century Category A/Grade II* listed bridge between England and Scotland, across the River Tweed. The bridge carries the A697 road across the Tweed.
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Coldstream Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 55.654°N 2.242°W / 55.654; -2.242 |
Carries | Road traffic |
Crosses | River Tweed |
Locale | Northumberland, England/ Scottish Borders, Scotland |
Heritage status | Category A/Grade II* listed |
Characteristics | |
Material | Sandstone blocks |
History | |
Architect | John Smeaton |
Engineering design by | Robert Reid |
Construction start | 1763 |
Construction end | 1766 |
Construction cost | £6,000 |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | Single carriageway |
Toll | No |
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The bridge is one of three bridges spanning the River Tweed section of the Anglo-Scottish border (the others being the Union Chain Bridge and the Ladykirk and Norham Bridge), and the oldest of the three.