Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge

HER Number

9776

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge

Place

Newcastle/Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Railway Bridge

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

1976-80 by W.A. Fairhurst & Partners with Cementation Construction Ltd and Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co. as contractors. Through-steel-truss construction with fabricated box chords. Three unequal spans with a total length of 360 metres. The height of the bridge and its design were dictated by the shipping regulations for the river which insist that the river is kept passable for sea-going ships.

Easting

424810

Northing

563390

Grid Reference

NZ424810563390

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 454; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead, p 101