page_title: Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge
hierarchical_section_title: Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge
caption_attribution_description: English: The Wearmouth Bridge is a through arch bridge across the River Wear in Sunderland Original description:03/06/2006. Taken from St Mary's Car Park (parking lot).
context_page_description: Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge is a railway bridge built in 1879, crossing the River Wear at Sunderland and Monkwearmouth. The bridge lies adjacent to and upstream of the Wearmouth Road Bridge.
  Originally built as part of the Monkwearmouth Junction Line, it provided the first direct railway link between Newcastle and Sunderland. The bridge is now used by Tyne and Wear Metro and Durham Coast Line services.
context_section_description: Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge (officially Monkwearmouth Bridge, also called Wearmouth Railway Bridge or Sunderland Railway Bridge) is a railway bridge built in 1879, crossing the River Wear at Sunderland and Monkwearmouth. The bridge lies adjacent to and upstream of the Wearmouth Road Bridge.
  Originally built as part of the Monkwearmouth Junction Line, it provided the first direct railway link between Newcastle and Sunderland. The bridge is now used by Tyne and Wear Metro and Durham Coast Line services.
caption: Monkwearmouth Bridge (left), Wearmouth Bridge (right), 2006
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