Tyne and Wear HER(1010): King Edward VII Railway Bridge - Details
1010
Gateshead and Newcastle
King Edward VII Railway Bridge
Gateshead
NZ26SW
Transport
Railway Transport Site
Railway Bridge
20TH CENTURY
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Structure
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
424700
563190
NZ424700563190
<< 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