£5.2m upgrade complete for Tyneside’s ‘world-first’ railway bridge

A year-long project to strengthen the iconic High Level Bridge which provides a vital road and railway link over the River Tyne is now complete. Network Rail has invested £5.2m to overhaul the underside of the Victorian-built structure which connects Gateshead and Newcastle. Designed by railway pioneer Robert Stephenson, when complete in 1849 it was […]