High Level Bridge
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The High Level Bridge is a pioneering 19th-century two-tier road and railway bridge over the River Tyne in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, renowned as an early example of wrought-iron girder bridge engineering.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| High Level Bridge canonical | 7 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
grade I listed building
ⓘ
railway bridge ⓘ road bridge ⓘ wrought-iron girder bridge ⓘ |
| architect | Robert Stephenson ⓘ |
| carries |
pedestrian traffic
ⓘ
railway traffic ⓘ road traffic ⓘ |
| connects |
Gateshead
ⓘ
Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1847 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crosses | River Tyne ⓘ |
| hasConstructionMethod | riveted wrought-iron girders ⓘ |
| hasFunction | cross-river transport link ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpans | 6 ⓘ |
| hasSpanType | bowstring girder ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade I listed structure ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | 1950 ⓘ |
| isOn | River Tyne crossing corridor in central Tyneside ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Gateshead ⓘ Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ Tyne and Wear ⓘ city centre of Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Swing Bridge
ⓘ
Tyne Bridge ⓘ |
| lowerDeckUse |
footway
ⓘ
road ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Gateshead Council
ⓘ
Network Rail ⓘ Newcastle City Council ⓘ |
| material |
masonry
ⓘ
wrought iron ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of wrought-iron girder bridge engineering
ⓘ
pioneering two-tier bridge design ⓘ |
| numberOfDecks | 2 ⓘ |
| opened | 1849 ⓘ |
| owner | Network Rail ⓘ |
| partOf | East Coast Main Line ⓘ |
| railwayOperator |
London and North Eastern Railway
ⓘ
surface form:
London and North Eastern Railway (historical)
Network Rail ⓘ
surface form:
Network Rail (infrastructure)
|
| roadOperator |
Gateshead Council
ⓘ
Newcastle City Council ⓘ |
| underwentRenovation | 2000s ⓘ |
| upperDeckUse | railway ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Newcastle upon Tyne