Sands Footbridge

HER Number

1630

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Sands Footbridge

Place

Swalwell

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Bridge

Site Type: Specific

Suspension Bridge

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Suspension bridge over River Derwent, built 1903 to replace an earlier wooden structure, and recently repaired extensively. The only suspension bridge in Tyne and Wear {1}. A steel suspension bridge, unique in the area, built in 1903 by D. Rowell of Willesden for access to allotments {2}. The Sands suspension bridge, known locally as the Hikey Bidge, was built in 1903 to link the allotments on either side of the River Derwent.

Easting

420090

Northing

562460

Grid Reference

NZ420090562460

Sources

<< HER 1630 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Dunston and Swalwell Plan Area; N. Pevsner, 1983, County Durham, The Buildings of England, p. 473; Gateshead Council Local List X20/LL/216; http://www.webwanderers.org/03_buildings/bridges/