King Edward VII Railway Bridge

HER Number:
1010

District:
Gateshead and Newcastle

Site Name:
King Edward VII Railway Bridge

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Railway Bridge

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Built in 1902-6 by Charles A Harrison for the North Eastern Railway with Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co as contractors. The bridge was built with four massive steel lattice girder spans carrying four rail tracks, each 8.5 metres deep and up to 91 metres long, supported on solid stone piers. It cost just over £500,000 and was very much a workaday design. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2470

Northing:
6319

Grid Reference:
NZ24706319

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1010 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 16; Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 1001/1/10007; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead, p 102; City Guides Information