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

Lats/Lons:

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