Blaydon Bridge

{{Infobox bridge

|name = Blaydon Bridge

|image = Blaydon Road Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 285020.jpg

|caption = Blaydon Road Bridge with Scotswood road and rail bridges in the background

|coordinates = {{coord|54.9704|-1.6978|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline}}

|os_grid_reference = NZ193640

|official_name =

|locale = Tyneside

|carries = {{ubl|{{UK road|A1}}|Motor vehicles|Cycles}}

|crosses = River Tyne

|owner = Department for Transport

|maint = National Highways

|preceded = Newburn Bridge

|followed = Scotswood Railway Bridge

|design = {{ubl|Haunched girder bridge|Box girder with balanced cantilevers}}

|material = Pre-stressed concrete

|length = {{cvt|332|m|yd}}

|width = {{cvt|14.6|m}}

|number_spans =

|piers_in_water = 2

|lanes = 4

|designer = Bullen and Partners

|builder = Edmund Nuttall Ltd

|begin = 16 November 1987

|complete = 30 November 1990

|open = {{start date|1990|12|01|df=yes}}

|inaugurated = {{ubl|1 December 1990|by Queen Elizabeth II}}

|below =

|traffic =

|mainspan = {{cvt|108|m|yd}}

}}

Blaydon Bridge is one of the main bridges crossing the River Tyne in North East England linking Scotswood in Newcastle upon Tyne and Blaydon in Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.

The bridge was designed by Bullen and Partners and built by Edmund Nuttall Ltd between 1987 and 1990. It is a concrete bridge with two concrete piers in the river. When completed, it formed the link between the existing Gateshead Western By-pass and the newly constructed Newcastle-upon-Tyne Western By-pass. From the opening, it was designated as the A1 road: before the Blaydon Bridge was built the A1 crossed the Tyne to the east of Newcastle and Gateshead via the Tyne Tunnel. It was officially opened by the Queen on 1 December 1990.{{cite web|url=https://www.ciht.org.uk/media/8076/the_a1_trunk_road.pdf|title=The A1 Trunk Road|page=5|publisher=The Chartered Institution of Highways and Transport|accessdate=5 July 2020}}