Burn Closes Bridge, St. Peter's Road

HER Number:
1948

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Burn Closes Bridge, St. Peter's Road

Place:
Wallsend

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road Bridge

General Period:
20TH CENTURY

Specific Period:
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
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.

Easting:
430880

Northing:
566990

Grid Reference:
NZ430880566990

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< 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