•     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

A1 BRIDGE AT SWALWELL

This is the major bridge on the Derwent, officially the A1 Swalwell Interchange bridge, and carries the A1 Trunk Road across the river at Swalwell. The bridge was part of the Gateshead western By-Pass, opened in 1974 and designed as the first section of a trunk route which was eventually in 1990 to completely by-pass Gateshead and Newcastle to the west. Major repairs were completed in 2007, involving repair/replacement of bridge joints, replacement of deck drainage and resurfacing.

The river is not wide and the dual carriageway is carried on embankments, crossing the river in one span. Construction of the bridge meant dredging to remove two small islands nearby, and the building of the embankments and associated slip roads in Swalwell necessitated considerable changes to the landscape, including the destruction of many allotments and of the Keelman's Bridge which crossed a mill race associated with the former Crowley iron works. The bridge is easily the busiest on the Derwent carrying much local as well as through traffic.

 A1 Bridge at Swalwell