Blaydon Bridge

Blaydon Bridge
Blaydon Bridge
	Blaydon Road Bridge with Scotswood road and rail bridges in the background
Coordinates	54°58′13″N 1°41′52″W / 54.9704°N 1.6978°W
OS grid reference	NZ193640
Carries	A1 road; Motor vehicles; Cycles;
Crosses	River Tyne
Locale	Tyneside
Owner	Department for Transport
Maintained by	Highways England
Preceded by	Newburn Bridge
Followed by	Scotswood Railway Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Haunched girder bridge; Box girder with balanced cantilevers;
Material	Pre-stressed concrete
Total length	332 m (363 yd)
Width	14.6 m (48 ft)
Longest span	108 m (118 yd)
Piers in water	2
No. of lanes	4
History
Designer	Bullen and Partners
Constructed by	Edmund Nuttall Ltd
Construction start	16 November 1987
Construction end	30 November 1990
Inaugurated	3 December 1990; by Queen Elizabeth II;
Opened	3 December 1990
	Blaydon Bridge Location in Tyne and Wear

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.

The bridge was designed by Bullen and Partners and built by Edmund Nuttall Ltd 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 the opening, it was designated as the A1 road: before the Blaydon Bridge was built the A1 crossed the Tyne to the east of Newcastle and Gateshead via the Tyne Tunnel.

References

Next bridge upstream	River Tyne	Next bridge downstream
Newburn Bridge	Blaydon Bridge Grid reference: NZ193640	Scotswood Railway Bridge Disused (now carries water and gas mains)

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