Northern Spire Bridge
The Northern Spire Bridge is a bridge over the River Wear in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. The crossing opened to pedestrians on 28 August 2018, before opening to traffic the next day.Photo: Sunderland Renaissance, CC BY 4.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in Sunderland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “New Wear bridge”, “New Wear crossing”, and “Northern Spire”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pallion and Hylton Castle.
Pallion
Railway station
Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pallion is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburb of Pallion, City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 31 March 2002, following the opening of the Wearside extension – a project costing in the region of £100 million. Pallion is situated 2,200 feet southeast of Northern Spire Bridge.
Hylton Castle
Castle
Photo: Craigy144, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hylton Castle is a stone castle in the North Hylton area of Sunderland, England. Originally built from wood by the Hilton family shortly after the Norman Conquest in 1066, it was later rebuilt in stone in the late 14th to early 15th century. Hylton Castle is situated 1 mile northwest of Northern Spire Bridge.
Queen Alexandra Bridge
Bridge
Photo: The JPS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Queen Alexandra Bridge is a road traffic, pedestrian and former railway bridge spanning the River Wear in North East England, linking the Deptford and Southwick areas of Sunderland. Queen Alexandra Bridge is situated 4,100 feet east of Northern Spire Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hylton Red House and Pallion.
Hylton Red House
Suburb
Hylton Red House, known locally just as Red House, is a suburb in the north east of Sunderland, England, situated between Downhill to the west and Marley Pots and Witherwack to the east.
Pallion
Suburb
Photo: Martin Routledge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pallion is a suburb and electoral ward in North West Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England. Most of the buildings in the area were built during the Victorian Era and consist of large terraced houses built for shipbuilders, but also smaller one-storey cottages in other areas for local workers.
Ford Estate
Suburb
Ford Estate is a suburb in the south of Sunderland, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. The suburb is divided into two areas: High Ford borders the estate of Pennywell.
Northern Spire Bridge
- Categories: cable-stayed bridge, road bridge, and transportation
- Location: Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.91718° or 54° 55′ 2″ northLongitude
-1.42467° or 1° 25′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C6WWH8G+V4OpenStreetMap ID
way 539016542OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q7012379
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In Other Languages
“Northern Spire Bridge” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى سباير الشمالى”
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