Washingwells Wood, 'Bridge'

HER Number:
11124

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Washingwells Wood, 'Bridge'

Place:
Washingwells

Map Sheet:
NZ25NW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Bridge

Site Type: Specific:
Footbridge

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1996 by Laurent Reynes. A bridge over a stream in Washingwells Wood, using four pairs of blue-painted telegraph poles, decorated with pebbles set in concrete, as the supportive struts. The bridge was commissioned by Gateshead Council as part of its 'Four Seasons' initiative and is meant to represent Summer.

Easting:
2203

Northing:
5993

Grid Reference:
NZ22035993

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 205