Ovingham Bridge

Coordinates: 54°58′01″N 1°52′01″W / 54.967°N 1.867°W / 54.967; -1.867

Ovingham Bridge
Ovingham Bridge Official name Ovingham Bridge Carries Road Crosses River Tyne Locale Northumberland, England Design Beam supported by steel pylons Total length 150 m (490 ft) Construction begin 1883 Construction end 1883 Opened 20 December 1883
Ovingham Bridge  Ovingham Bridge shown within Northumberland
OS grid reference	NZ086636
List of places: UK • England • Northumberland

Ovingham Bridge is a bridge across the River Tyne at Ovingham, Northumberland, England.

History

It was built in 1883 by the Ovingham Bridge Company and replaced the earlier ferry.^[1] The steel tubes are marked Dorman Long Middlesbrough, the firm that designed and built the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Tyne Bridge. It was originally opened and operated as a toll bridge until 1945.^[2]

The toll house has long since been demolished. It was located on the downsream side at the South end of the bridge (See Picture 97, 'The story of Ovingham on Tyne' ISBN0 953 5730 1 X).

In 1974 a footbridge was erected alongside, immediately downstream of the main bridge. Recently both bridges have undergone a strengthening programme after the January floods of 2005. Gabions have been installed around the base of the pilings to prevent scour and river channel has been dredged to direct the main flow away from the piers. As the original piling depths are not recorded, brackets have been welded to the pilings and seismic pulse testing performed.

References

1. ^ Fraser, Constance; Kenneth Emsley (1989). Northumbria. Chichester, Sussex, England: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. ISBN 0-85033-723-2. 
2. ^ "Ovingham Bridge". Bridges on the Tyne. http://www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/ovingham.html. Retrieved 2009-03-29. 

External links

• Ovingham toll bridge

Next bridge upstream	River Tyne	Next bridge downstream
Bywell Bridge	Ovingham Bridges Grid reference: NZ086636	Wylam Railway Bridge (disused rail, now foot and bicycle)
Next road crossing upstream	River Tyne	Next road crossing downstream
Bywell Bridge	Ovingham Bridge Grid reference: NZ086636	Wylam Bridge

This article about a Northumberland building or structure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Bridges completed in 1833 Crossings of the River Tyne Bridges in Northumberland United Kingdom bridge (structure) stubs Northumberland building and structure stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу Guesch Patti American Football Coaches Association Look at other dictionaries: Ovingham — For the place in Australia, see Ovingham, South Australia. Coordinates: 54°57′58″N 1°51′54″W / 54.966°N 1.865°W / 54.966; 1.865 …   Wikipedia River Tyne — For other uses, see River Tyne (disambiguation). Coordinates: 55°0′37″N 1°25′8″W / 55.01028°N 1.41889°W / 55.01028; 1.41889 …   Wikipedia Prudhoe railway station — Infobox UK station name = Prudhoe manager = Northern Rail code = PRU locale = Prudhoe borough = Tynedale lowusage0405 = 143,803 lowusage0506 = 149,146 lowusage0607 = 142,670 platforms = 2Prudhoe railway station serves the town of Prudhoe in… …   Wikipedia Clara Vale — Coordinates: 54°58′41″N 1°47′31″W / 54.978°N 1.792°W / 54.978; 1.792 …   Wikipedia City of Charles Sturt — South Australia Population: 106 …   Wikipedia List of middle schools in England — Middle schools in England are defined in English and Welsh law as being schools in which the age range of pupils taught includes pupils who are aged below 10 years and six months, as well as those who are aged over 12.[1] Such schools were not… …   Wikipedia List of abbeys and priories in England — Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Article layout 2 Abbreviations and key …   Wikipedia List of schools in the North East of England — The following is a partial list of currently operating schools in the North East region of England. You may also find of use to find a particular school. See also the List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom.Listed by local education… …   Wikipedia List of postcodes in South Australia/numeric sort — Postcodes are used by Australia Post to identify postal districts in Australia. This list is sorted numerically to facilitate seeing which towns/suburbs share a postcode.5000s inner suburbs* 5000 Adelaide * 5001 GPO Boxes * 5005 University of… …   Wikipedia Prudhoe — For the settlement and oil field in the U.S. state of Alaska, see Prudhoe Bay. infobox UK place country = England official name= Prudhoe latitude= 54.9610 longitude= 1.8492 population = 11,500 shire district= Tynedale region= North East England… …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”