Tyne and Wear HER(1948): Burn Closes Bridge, St. Peter's Road - Details
1948
N Tyneside
Burn Closes Bridge, St. Peter's Road
Wallsend
NZ36NW
Transport
Road Transport Site
Road Bridge
20TH CENTURY
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Structure
A reinforced concrete bridge of c1913 spanning Willington Dene. The only early ferro-concrete bridge in the County.
Listed building consent was granted for its demolition in 2007. Bridge demolished in 2008. New one built 2009. TWM Archaeology recorded the bridge before demolition.
Former listing description:
Bridge. Circa 1913. Reinforced concrete. 5 trestles and curved abutments support road deck. 7 pairs of piers with low pyramidal coping support spike-headed iron parapet railing.
430880
566990
NZ430880566990
<< HER 1948 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 20; Dept. of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 7/165; English Heritage Advice Report 23 March 2015