Tyne and Wear HER(1943): Pont Haugh Bridge - Details
1943
Gateshead
Pont Haugh Bridge
Lintzford
NZ15NW
Transport
Road Transport Site
Road Bridge
POST MEDIEVAL
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Structure
Small elegant sandstone bridge of 2 segmental arches with coped stone pillars to parapets and projecting string course at the parapet base and pointed cutwaters. It eas designed by John Green, probably in the 1830s. It formerly carried the A694 over the River Derwent but a concrete bridge was built alongside in 1967 for this purpose.
414724
557014
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<< HER 1943 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 18; Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Lintzford Conservation Area, pp 15-17