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Carries
  
Road

Design
  
beam

Piers in water
  
two

Material
  
Carry
  
Road

Number of spans
  
3

Crosses
  
No. of spans
  
three

Location
  
Body of water
  
Construction end
  
1976

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Similar
  
River Tyne, Border Counties Bridge, Warden Bridge, Old Haydon Bridge, Ridley Bridge

Constantius Bridge is a modern concrete bridge across the River Tyne about 1 mile (2 km) west of Hexham, Northumberland, England. The bridge carries the A69 road over the River Tyne and forms part of the Hexham bypass.

History

In 1976 a new road was built to replace the old A69 through Hexham, and Hexham was by-passed on the north side of the river, necessitating a bridge crossing near Warden just west of Hexham. The bridge crosses the River Tyne just down stream from the "Meeting of the Waters" - the point where the North and South Tyne rivers join to form the main River Tyne, then crosses the railway to continue towards Haydon Bridge.

On 30 August 1975, during construction, there was a flood and the scaffolding and shuttering for the westernmost span collapsed. The completed bridge has already required strengthening due to flood damage, showing that the Tyne has lost none of its capability for attacking bridge structures.

References

Constantius Bridge Wikipedia


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