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Grade II listed. Completed 1929.

Engineer : Mott Hay & Anderson
Contractor : Sir William Arrol & Co. Ltd.

The English Heritage Statutory List describes the bridge thus:

"SUNDERLAND

NZ3957SE A 1018 920-1/18/2 Wearmouth Bridge

GV II

Road bridge with adjacent steps at NE. 1929. By Mott, Hay & Anderson, resident engineer GL Groves, contractor Sir W Arroll & Co. Ltd., Glasgow. Abutments rock-faced sandstone, with reinforced concrete road deck and N abutment core; steel superstructure and cast-iron footpath balustrades. Parabolic 3-pinned arch, of 2 ribs with span 375 feet, and spherical bearings at hinges; K wind-bracing. Built on the site of an iron bridge built in 1793 and widened by Robert Stephenson in 1856, and incorporating some of the balustrade from the 1856 work, the other panels being made to match. Steps at NE have cast-iron overthrow at head and incorporate further 1856 fabric. (Minute of the Proceedings of the Institute of Civil Engineers: Groves GL: The New Wearmouth Bridge, Sunderland: 1930-: 144-166).

Listing NGR: NZ3966057409

Selected Sources

Books and journals

'Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers' in Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, (1930), 144-166

National Grid Reference: NZ 39660 57409"

Source : English Heritage