11 March 1968 (1968-03-11), as a railway. Reopened as a footbridge in 1975.
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Wylam Railway Bridge (officially West Wylam Bridge,[2] also known as Hagg Bank Bridge and locally as Points Bridge and Half-Moon Bridge) is a footbridge and former railway bridge crossing the River Tyne at Hagg Bank, approximately 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km) west of Wylam in Northumberland, England.
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