Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge

HER Number:
9776

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge

Place:
Newcastle/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:
1976-80 by W.A. Fairhurst & Partners with Cementation Construction Ltd and Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co. as contractors. Through-steel-truss construction with fabricated box chords. Three unequal spans with a total length of 360 metres. The height of the bridge and its design were dictated by the shipping regulations for the river which insist that the river is kept passable for sea-going ships.

Easting:
2481

Northing:
6339

Grid Reference:
NZ24816339

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 454; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead, p 101