Tees river bridge

I understand that the works where the railway west of Thornaby crosses
the Tees is a new rail river crossing.

I drive past it most days and the railway never seems that busy, so why
is it needed? Judging by the new road overbridge just to the west this
is an extra double track bridge, not a replacement.

Andrew

On 3 Sep, 20:20, n...@jonesmbro.org.uk wrote:
> ...the deck of the northern one was removed a long time ago,
> though the piers were still there until the start of the current works
> a few months ago.
>
> ...I think that the idea is to temporarily move the running
> lines onto the northern bridge to allow the southern bridge to be
> repaired or replaced.

Sorry, I didn't make this bit clear: the old northern bridge has now
been completely removed, and they're currently building a completely
new replacement for it. Network Rail are not moving the running lines
onto the bridge that they've just demolished!

Richard.

> Anyone got any photos of the bridges (old, or new)?

Thanks for the replies, I'll take a camera to work, but it may be tricky
to get to.

The new Surtees (A66) bridge obscures it from the south.

AS