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Sunderland Bridge is a bridge just outside the village also called Sunderland Bridge in County Durham, England. It lies close to the confluence of the River Wear and River Browney . Sunderland Bridge originally carried the Great North Road (A1) across the River Wear , and probably dates back to the 14th century.
The Northern Spire Bridge is a bridge over the River Wear in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. The crossing opened to pedestrians on 28 August 2018, before opening to traffic the next day. A two span cable-stayed structure, construction began in May 2015, overseen by Farrans Construction and Victor Buyck Steel Construction.
Sunderland Bridge Weardale Way: Sunderland Bridge: 14th century: 54°44′3″N 1°35′23″W [16] [17] Croxdale Viaduct East Coast Main Line: Croxdale: 1872: 54°43′58″N 1°35′34″W: Page Bank Bridge Whitworth Lane: Page Bank: 1995: 54°42′48″N 1°38′17″W: Jubilee Bridge Cobey's Carr Lane: Willington: 1990: 54°42′14″N 1 ...
The first Wearmouth Bridge was a bridge across the River Wear in Sunderland, England and the second major bridge to be made from cast iron.It was considered one of the wonders of the industrial age, and was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as being 'a triumph of the new metallurgy and engineering ingenuity [...] of superb elegance'.
Sunderland Bridge may refer to: Sunderland Bridge, County Durham, a bridge in county Durham, England Sunderland Bridge (village), village near the bridge;
The adjoining Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge was built in 1879, and extended the railway south from Monkwearmouth to the centre of Sunderland. [ 4 ] The bridge carries the A183 road between Chester-le-Street and South Shields and the A1018 which was the old route of the A19 until the bypass was built leading to the Tyne Tunnel .
There was at least one preceding bridge at this location, a metal through-truss bridge destroyed by the floating Montague City Covered Bridge during the Flood of 1936. [1] The current Sunderland Bridge is a deck truss bridge completed in 1937. Reconstruction of the bridge was completed in 1994.
Around this time, Sunderland was known as 'Sunderland-near-the-Sea'. [41] A South East View of Wearmouth Bridge (c.1796). By 1770 Sunderland had spread westwards along its High Street to join up with Bishopwearmouth. [18]