•     Introduction
•     Derwenthaugh to   Rowlands Gill
  •     Derwenthaugh Railway Bridge
  •     Derwenthaugh Road Bridge
  •     A1 Bridge at Swalwell
  •     The Hikey Bridge
  •     Swalwell Railway Viaduct
  •     Old Swalwell Bridge
  •     Swalwell Bridge
  •     Cricket Club Bridge
  •     The Damhead
  •     Butterfly Bridge
  •     Derwent Park Bridge
  •     Lockhaugh Railway Viaduct
  •     Derwent Bridge at Rowlands Gill
  •     Rowlands Gill Railway Viaduct
•     Rowlands Gill to   Allensford
  •     Lintzford Mill Bridge
  •     Lintzford Old Road Bridge
  •     Lintzford New Road Bridge
  •     Blackhall Mill Bridge
  •     Blackhall Mill Footbridge
  •     Ebchester Footbridge
  •     Ebchester Bridge
  •     Ebchester Old Bridge
  •     Shotley Bridge
  •     Shotley Bridge Footbridge 1
  •     Shotley Bridge Footbridge 2
  •     Allensford Bridge
•     Allensford to Derwent   Source
  •     Leadmill Footbridge
  •     Eddy's Bridge
  •      Derwent Bridge
  •     The Derwent Reservoir
  •     Carrick Bridge
  •     Blanchland Bridge
  •     Bay Bridge
  •     Hunstanworth Footbridge
•     Derwent Tributaries
•     Former Bridges and   Fords
•     Reference
•     Links
•     Bridges On The Tyne
•     Bridges on the Tees
•     Bridges on the   Coquet
•     Bridges on the   Wansbeck
•     Bridges on the Blyth
•     Bridges on the Aln
•     Bridges on the Wear
•     Bridges on the Tweed

DERWENTHAUGH ROAD BRIDGE

The first road bridge on the Derwent is situated just upstream of the railway bridge and carries a dual carriageway. Linking the Metro Centre shopping malls and the Waterside commercial development to the east with Scotswood Bridge, Blaydon and the A1 trunk road to the west. The concrete structure was opened as part of a new riverside route to Dunston in 1992 and is very busy. Underneath are footpaths which run on either side of the Derwent and on the west side are new hotel and restaurant developments. A ferry existed a short distance upstream, perhaps pre-dating the railway bridge, although it is probable that the original wooden bridge did not have a footway attached.

In earlier times the river banks here were lined with industry: staiths, various metal industries like Raines, and Ellis/Huwood, with coke ovens, firebrick and bone manure works, lampblack and naptha manufacturing, a shovel maker, and a saw mill all existing at one time or another. The last to close were the staiths, closed in 1960, Ellis in the 1980s and the Raines Delta Works, closed in 1990. Now only a few commercial firms remain using the former Ellis site and the area is adjacent to the western Metro Park shopping units.

 Derwenthaugh Road Bridge