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

Lats/Lons:

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