Tyne and Wear HER(1630): Swalwell, Sands Footbridge - Details
1630
Gateshead
Swalwell, Sands Footbridge
Swalwell
NZ26SW
Transport
Bridge
Suspension Bridge
Modern
C20
Structure
Suspension bridge over River Derwent, built 1903 to replace an earlier wooden structure, and recently repaired extensively. The only suspension bridge in Tyne and Wear {1}. A steel suspension bridge, unique in the area, built in 1903 by D. Rowell of Willesden for access to allotments {2}. The Sands suspension bridge, known locally as the Hikey Bidge, was built in 1903 to link the allotments on either side of the River Derwent.
2009
6246
NZ20096246
<< HER 1630 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Dunston and Swalwell Plan Area; N. Pevsner, 1983, County Durham, The Buildings of England, p. 473; Gateshead Council Local List X20/LL/216; http://www.webwanderers.org/03_buildings/bridges/