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Blaydon Bridge

Bridge in Tyneside

A1
Motor vehicles
Cycles

CrossesRiver TyneLocaleTynesideOwnerDepartment for TransportMaintained byNational HighwaysPreceded byNewburn BridgeFollowed byScotswood Railway BridgeCharacteristicsDesign

Haunched girder bridge
Box girder with balanced cantilevers

MaterialPre-stressed concreteTotal length332 m (363 yd)Width14.6 m (48 ft)Longest span108 m (118 yd)Piers in water2No. of lanes4HistoryDesignerBullen and PartnersConstructed byEdmund Nuttall LtdConstruction start16 November 1987Construction end30 November 1990Opened1 December 1990 (1990-12-01)Inaugurated

1 December 1990
by Queen Elizabeth II

Location

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. It was officially opened by the Queen on 1 December 1990.^[1]

References

^ "The A1 Trunk Road" (PDF). The Chartered Institution of Highways and Transport. p. 5. Retrieved 5 July 2020.

Blaydon Bridge at Structurae
Bridges om the Tyne: Blaydon Bridge

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Newburn Bridge	Blaydon Bridge Grid reference NZ193640	Scotswood Railway Bridge Disused (now carries water and gas mains)
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Newburn Bridge	Blaydon Bridge Grid reference NZ193640	Scotswood Bridge A695