Byker Metro Viaduct

HER Number

9775

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Byker Metro Viaduct

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Railway Viaduct

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Consultant engineers Ove Arup. Reinforced-concrete trusses carrying a curved deck across the Ouseburn. LOCAL LIST

Easting

426300

Northing

564700

Grid Reference

NZ426300564700

Sources

N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 454; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 136