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General Information

Beginning of works: 1976
Completion: 1979
Status: in use

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Location

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Crosses Ouseburn Valley

Coordinates: 54° 58' 34.20" N    1° 35' 34.16" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

main span 69 m
width 8.2 m
total length 815 m
clearance max. 30 m
number of spans 18
number of tracks 2
track gauge 1 435 mm

Materials

deck precast prestressed concrete
piers reinforced concrete
abutments reinforced concrete

Chronology

11 November 1982

Opened as part of official opening of St. James to Tynemouth section of the Metro.

Notes

Segmental construction by balanced cantilever method. Joints counter cast and glued.

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Byker Viaduct (also known as the Byker Metro Bridge) is a 2,674 ft (815 m) curved 'S' shaped light railway bridge, which carries the Tyne and Wear Metro over the River Ouseburn in Newcastle upon Tyne. It carries the line from Manors Metro station in the city centre to the west, to Byker Metro station in the area of Byker to the east, over the lower Ouseburn valley, with the river emptying into the north side of the River Tyne, to the south.

Designed by Ove Arup and Partners, and built by Mowlem, construction began in 1976 and was completed in 1979, it was opened on 11 November 1982 as part of the St James to Tynemouth section of the Metro. It is 27 ft (8.2 m) wide, and carries standard gauge double tracks up to 30 m (98 ft) above the ground, with 18 spans up to 226 ft (69 m) long; six of the spans are over the river valley, with the remainder continuing on the east side of the valley as a lower elevated section. It was notable, in being the first such structure in Britain to be built using cantilevered concrete sections with joints glued with epoxy resin.

It was one of two major bridges built specifically for the Tyne and Wear Metro, the other being the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge crossing the River Tyne.

It is one of three high level bridges in close proximity making the same crossing, with the Ouseburn railway viaduct to the north and the Byker road bridge to the south. The bridge and elevated section form an S-curve, which takes the track over the Byker road bridge at its east end.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Byker Viaduct" and modified on January 11, 2024 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

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  • Structure-ID
    20003949
  • Published on:
    24/06/2002
  • Last updated on:
    05/05/2024
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