Washingwells Wood, 'Bridge'
Washingwells Wood, 'Bridge'
HER Number
11124
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Washingwells Wood, 'Bridge'
Place
Washingwells
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Pedestrian Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Footbridge
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
1996 by Laurent Reynes. A bridge over a stream in Washingwells Wood, using four pairs of blue-painted telegraph poles, decorated with pebbles set in concrete, as the supportive struts. The bridge was commissioned by Gateshead Council as part of its 'Four Seasons' initiative and is meant to represent Summer.
Easting
422030
Northing
559930
Grid Reference
NZ422030559930
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 205