A194 White Mare Pool to Black Fell

HER Number:
15237

District:
Gateshead and Sunderland

Site Name:
A194 White Mare Pool to Black Fell

Place:

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
£1.6m contract to improve a section of the A1 to dual carriageway. Now designated A194(M). The work was undertaken by Brimms & Co. Ltd from April 1968 to March 1970. The work included the construction of the Havannah Interchange with the B1288, the Follingsby Interchnage and the A195 Peareth Hall overbridge. The scheme was designed by the Durham County Council Sub-Unit of the NERCU (North East Road Construction Unit).

Easting:
3103

Northing:
6122

Grid Reference:
NZ31036122

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
F.A. Sims, 2009, The Motorway Achievement - Building the Network in the North East of England, p 63