Scotswood Bridge
Introduction
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Scotswood Bridge
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 1 Mar 2012
Replaced the original narrow Scotswood road bridge which had been built in 1831 and known as the Chain Bridge http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?t=objects&type=all&f=&s=scotswood&record=2 The modern bridge has a steel arch which suspends a box girder deck carrying two road lanes in each direction. It was designed by Mott, Hay and Anderson and constructed by Mitchell Construction/Dorman Long, 1964-67. http://www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/scots.html
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Image Location
Latitude
54.9669
Longitude
-1.690081