High Level Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne

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The High Level Bridge in Newcastle upon Tyne is a pioneering 19th-century two-tier road and railway bridge over the River Tyne, designed by engineer Robert Stephenson and celebrated as an icon of Victorian engineering.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Grade I listed building ⓘ
bridge ⓘ
railway bridge ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ
architect John Dobson ⓘ
builder Hawks Crawshay and Sons ⓘ
category Bridges completed in 1849 ⓘ
Railway bridges in North East England ⓘ
connects Gateshead ⓘ
Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
constructionStart 1847 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses River Tyne ⓘ
designer Robert Stephenson ⓘ
engineeringSignificance one of the first major two-deck road-and-rail bridges in the world ⓘ
fundedBy Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway ⓘ
hasNearbyStation Gateshead High Level Bridge railway station (former) ⓘ
Newcastle railway station ⓘ
hasTollHistory true ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1950 ⓘ
historicCounty County Durham ⓘ
Northumberland ⓘ
length approximately 408 metres ⓘ
locatedIn Gateshead ⓘ
Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
lowerDeckUsedFor road traffic ⓘ
maintainedBy Network Rail ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
wrought iron ⓘ
notableFor icon of Victorian engineering ⓘ
pioneering use of wrought-iron tied-arch spans ⓘ
numberOfSpans 6 ⓘ
opened 1849 ⓘ
owner Network Rail ⓘ
partOf Tyne bridges ⓘ
precededBy Tyne Bridge (old stone bridge, demolished) ⓘ
linked to: Tyne Bridge
railwayLineCarried East Coast Main Line ⓘ
refurbishmentFundedBy English Heritage ⓘ
Heritage Lottery Fund ⓘ
Network Rail ⓘ
region Tyne and Wear ⓘ
riverClearance approximately 38 metres ⓘ
structureType two-tier bridge ⓘ
tollAbolished 1937 ⓘ
trafficRestriction weight limit for road vehicles ⓘ
underwentMajorRefurbishment 2001–2008 ⓘ
upperDeckUsedFor railway traffic ⓘ

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Robert Stephenson → notableWork → High Level Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
John Wilson Carmichael → notableWork → The Opening of the High Level Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
linked to: High Level Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne