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Description: | The Scotswood Suspension or Chain Bridge opened in 1831 and provided the borough with one of the first permanent crossings above Newcastle. A number of sites were considered for the bridge including Stella and Newburn. However, Scotswood was considered ideal in order to connect with the Newcastle turnpike. It also allowed easy access to Gibside, Medomsley and the Derwent Valley on the south-side. The bridge was constructed by a Joint Stock Company who also set about constructing approach roads. Tolls were levied on both the roads and the bridge by the company. By the late 19th century the bridge required serious repair and there were suggestions of replacing the crossing with a new bridge. In 1959 Mott, Hay and Anderson, the engineers responsible for the Tyne Bridge, surveyed the old bridge and suggested a restricted use of three years (Manders & Potts, 2001). Work finally began in 1964 and the new Scotswood Bridge opened on 20 March 1967. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.asaplive.com/Lco/Lco.cfm?ccs=629&cs=2674&Preview=1 | Publisher: | Gateshead Council | Subjects: | Bridges | Temporal: | name=Edwardian; start=1901; end=1910; | Source: | iSee Gateshead | Identifier: | http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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