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1630


Gateshead


Swalwell, Sands Footbridge


Swalwell


NZ26SW


Transport


Bridge


Suspension Bridge


Modern


C20


Structure


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.


2009


6246


NZ20096246



<< 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/

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