Central Motorway East

HER Number

15238

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Central Motorway East

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Road

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

A start was made on the Newcastle Central Motorway East in 1972 as a trial Urban Motorway from the north side of the central area eastwards to the Tyne Bridge. This section opened to traffic in 1975 and became part of the Great North Road A6157(M). This was later renumbered as A167(M). The rest of the scheme was abandoned until the late 1980s.

Easting

424910

Northing

565430

Grid Reference

NZ424910565430

Sources

F.A. Sims, 2009, The Motorway Achievement - Building the Network in the North East of England, p 64