Carries A1 road Design Concrete bridge Construction end 1990 Total length 332 m Location NewcastleGateshead Body of water River Tyne | Crosses River Tyne Longest span 108 m Opened 3 December 1990 Width 15 m Bridge type Concrete bridge | |
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Locale Newcastle/Gateshead, England Similar Scotswood Bridge, River Tyne, Scotswood Railway Bridge, Old Haydon Bridge, Warden Railway Bridge | ||
The Blaydon Bridge is one of the main bridges crossing the River Tyne in North East England linking Scotswood in Newcastle upon Tyne and Blaydon in Gateshead.
Map of Blaydon Bridge, United Kingdom
The bridge was designed by Bullen and Partners and built by Edmund Nuttall between 1987 and 1990. It is a concrete bridge with two concrete piers in the river. When completed, it formed the link between the existing Gateshead Western By-pass and the newly constructed Newcastle-upon-Tyne Western By-pass. From opening, it was designated the A1 road: before the Blaydon Bridge was built the A1 road crossed the Tyne to the East of Newcastle and Gateshead via the Tyne Tunnel.
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