Mercury Bridge

Mercury Bridge, also known as Station Bridge, is a bridge built around 1846 by G T Andrews for George Hudson's Great North of England Railway. It is constructed from rock-faced sandstone ashlar and features four segmental-pointed double-chamfered arches, which are topped by a continuous label with shields over the center of the piers. The piers have small cutwaters, and the parapet is adorned with a Lombard frieze that supports triangular coping with a rolled ridge, along with a hollow-chamfered outer slope and double-coursed inner slope.

Over each pier, there were corbelled bases intended for pinnacles that once carried gas lamps; however, all the pinnacles have been demolished except for part of the southernmost one on the upstream parapet. The parapets have octagonal terminals with corniced moulded conical caps. Originally, the bridge provided vehicular access to the Railway Station from the town of Richmond across the River Swale. During World War I, the road was extended by Italian prisoners of war to provide access to Catterick Camp, which was under construction at that time. Mercury Bridge is part of an important surviving group of railway buildings and is located partly in Richmond Parish.