Lintzford, Pont Haugh Bridge

HER Number:
1943

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Lintzford, Pont Haugh Bridge

Place:
Lintzford

Map Sheet:
NZ15NW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road Bridge

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
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.

Easting:
14724

Northing:
57014

Grid Reference:
NZ1472457014

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< 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