The Tees Bridge's Bike Ride

[foxy mars]

This Saturday coming, I'm planning to cycle along the tees and will be visiting 14 of the bridges along it's route,

The bridges will be:
Yarm*
Yarm Railway Via-duct
Jubilee*
Surtree's (A66)*
Stockton Railway
Victoria*
Millennium**
All the River's run to the Sea** (not a bridge over the Tees, but a nice one)
Princess Diana*
Infinity** (under construction)
Tees Barrage**
A19 Tees Via-duct*
Newport*
Transporter***

* road
** foot
*** ferry

I will be taking photo's of each one, so watch this space!

[sunnydale]

Originally Posted by foxy mars

This Saturday coming, I'm planning to cycle along the tees and will be visiting 14 of the bridges along it's route,
I will be taking photo's of each one, so watch this space!

Wont that be a bridge too far Foxy?? Only teasing....I'm looking forward to the pics!

[ron1863]

Good luck Foxy and I look forward to seeing you shots of the journey

[Jez]

Sounds like a fantastic bike journey foxy, I'm sure you'll enjoy it! Fingers crossed for good weather, look forward to hearing all about!!

Jez

[foxy mars]

Well, all the 14 bridges have been visited this morning, including a extra bridge which carried a water pipe. The weather was not too bad, but very windy and I managed to keep the camera steady. Some of the bridges are very old and some very modern and forms a contrast between them.

I've enjoyed taking these and hope you will enjoy looking at them. Most of Tees is walkable and the Teesdale route does go along it. I took the bike and most of it is on decent bike paths and considering Teesside is a large area, you can avoid the heavy traffic.

Listed from 1-15
1. Transporter
2. Newport
3. A19 Fly-Over
4. Tees Barrage
5. Infinity
6. Princess of Wales
7. All the Rivers
8. Millennium
9. Victoria
10. Stockton Railway
11. A66. Surtrees
12. Water-Pipe
13. Jubilee.
14. Yarm Road
15. Yarm Railway

[sunnydale]

Hey well done Foxy! The last two are my favourites. Must be the lovely stonework I'm not a fan of metal/steel bridges.

[foxy mars]

Thanks Sunny Yes, the stone bridge's are the best ones, although the Victoria bridge (no:8) used to be a stone bridge a long long time ago, there are still remains of it.

Maybe next time I will do from Cow Green to Yarm, somehow I think that will take a bit longer to ride.

[foxy mars]

Sunny, you may recognize this stone bridge from your neck of the woods.

http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/data/61/thumbs/mr1.jpg[/]

[Jez]

I have an affection for stone bridges myself too, but 1 and 2 are like nothing i have ever seen before. Teeside does have some interesting bridges indeed!

Glad the heavens didn't halt the trip and you got some nice shots too Foxy!!!

[Dutchess]

Bridges fascinate me. They also scare me; they have me in awe of their silent power, even the little ones.

Of these pictures, no.5 stood out immediately for me. "Infinity".

Thanks Foxy.

D.