Scotswood Road Bridge (new)

HER Number

9778

District

Gateshead and Newcastle

Site Name

Scotswood Road Bridge (new)

Place

Scotswood/Blaydon

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Road Bridge

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

1964-7 by Mott, Hay & Anderson. Built by Mitchell Construction/Dorman Long to replace a suspension bridge of 1831. Steel arch of 100.5m span with suspended box girder deck. The two arch ribs were originally tied with wire cables but these were replaced with tie-bars when they corroded.

Easting

419940

Northing

563640

Grid Reference

NZ419940563640

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 460; Malcolm L Scaife, 1974, Newcastle Old and New