Berwick, 'The Old Bridge' crossing the Tweed which a 15 span sandstone arch bridge built on the orders of James I
Berwick, three bridges cross the Tweed which are shown here The Old Bridge (to the left), a 15 span sandstone arch bridge measuring 1,164 feet in length, built between 1610 and 1624, at a cost of £15,000. The bridge continues to serve road traffic. The bridge was ordered by James VI of Scotland on his becoming James I after the Union of the Crowns. The Royal Tweed Bridge, built in 1925 and in its time having the longest concrete span in the country at 361 feet. In the early 2000s, its fabric was renovated, the road and pavement layout amended, and new street lighting added. The Royal Border Bridge (in the distance), designed and built under the supervision of Robert Stephenson in 1847 at a cost of £253,000, is a 720-yard-long railway viaduct with 28 arches, carrying the East Coast Main Line 126 feet above the River Tweed. It was opened by Queen Victoria in 1850. During the Border Wars Berwick exchanged hands thirteen times before finally falling to England in 1482. Just outside the town in 1333 the Battle of Halidon Hill took part when King Edward III of England defeated the Scottish before putting the town to the sword.
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