Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Bridges Across the River Tweed, Crossings of the River Tyne, High Level Bridge, Tyne Bridge, Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Tyne Tunnel, Union Bridge, Chesters Bridge, Shields Ferry, Kielder Viaduct, Neidpath Viaduct, Redheugh Bridge, Hexham Old Bridge, Queen Elizabeth Ii Metro Bridge, Scotswood Bridge, Bambuco Bridge, Styford Bridge, Hexham Bridge, Wylam Railway Bridge, Wylam Bridge, Corbridge Bridge, Border Counties Bridge, Berwick Bridge, Ovingham Bridge, Constantius Bridge, Scotswood Railway Bridge, Coldstream Bridge, Dryburgh Bridge, Swing Bridge, River Tyne, Royal Border Bridge, Newburn Bridge, King Edward Vii Bridge, Bywell Bridge, Blaydon Bridge, Royal Tweed Bridge, Ladykirk and Norham Bridge, Chollerford Bridge. Excerpt: Coordinates : 55°46 05 N 2°00 29 W / 55.768°N 2.008°W / 55.768; -2.008Berwick Bridge Berwick Bridge , also known as the Old Bridge , spans the River Tweed in Berwick-upon-Tweed , Northumberland , England . The current structure is a Grade I listed stone bridge built between 1611 and 1624. Four previous bridges stood on the site, with two destroyed by flooding (in 1199, the original, and in 1294, the third), one by an English attack in 1216 and the last, built 1376, served until James I of England ordered the construction of the present bridge. It was then on the main road from Edinburgh to London , and the king (who was also James VI of Scotland) had had to cross over the then dilapidated wooden bridge in 1603 while travelling to London for his coronation .The bridge is 355 metres long and 5 metres wide. The main material is sandstone from Tweedmouth . There are 15 arches (although originally only 13 had been planned) with Doric columns . The bridge's engineer , James Burrell, had to contend with flooding in 1621 when the