Haydon Bridge Viaduct carries the
A69 Haydon Bridge
Haydon Bridge is a village in Northumberland, England, with a population of about 2000, the civil parish Haydon being measured at 2,184 in the Census 2011. Its most distinctive features are the two bridges crossing the River Tyne, River South T ...
bypass across both the to railway and the
River South Tyne
The River Tyne is a river in North East England. Its length (excluding tributaries) is . It is formed by the North Tyne and the South Tyne, which converge at Warden Rock near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Wat ...
, about west of Haydon Bridge.
History
Construction, which was undertaken by CVC Highway Solutions (a joint venture between
Volker Stevin and Hanson Contracting and their design partner
Capita Symonds
Capita Property and Infrastructure (previously Capita Symonds) is a UK multidisciplinary consultancy operating in the building design, civil engineering, environment, management and transport sectors, part of the Capita Group. They employ arou ...
), started in January 2007 and the bridge opened on 25 March 2009.
References
Bridges in Northumberland
Crossings of the River Tyne
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