Queen Alexandra Bridge
Queen Alexandra Bridge carries the road from Amberston to Bridgend over the River Wear five kilometres from Tauncester.
The Act of Parliament for the River Wear was passed on January 1 1782 after extensive lobbying by Thomas Dadford. Restoration of Falkirk Tunnel was funded by a donation from the River Wear Trust
There is a bridge here which takes a major road over the canal.
| Sunderland Yacht Club | 2 miles, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Sunderland Marina | 2 miles, ½ furlongs | |
| Hendon Dock | 1 mile, 7½ furlongs | |
| Wearmouth Bridge | 1 mile, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Wearmouth Rail Bridge | 1 mile, 1½ furlongs | |
| Queen Alexandra Bridge | ||
| Hylton Viaduct | 2 miles, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Cox Green Footbridge | 4 miles, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Victoria Viaduct | 4 miles, 7½ furlongs | |
| Fatfield Bridge | 5 miles, 4½ furlongs | |
| Chartershaugh Bridge | 5 miles, 7 furlongs | |
Amenities here
Aldi Iceland
H J Foodstores Ltd Hallal Food Centre Jones H & Son Grocers Ltd Kwik Save Stores Ltd
B&M Bargains B&M Bargains Dunelm Mill
Dominos Pizza Fish & Chips
Barclays Cashpoint Cashpoint Cashpoint Cashpoint Cashpoint Lloyds Bank NatWest
ASDA Fuel E J Stone Pavingworld Jet Murco
Crossling Pipeline Halfords Jewson Plumbing Trade Supplies Screwfix Speedy Hire
Bus stop ( Fordfield Road - Garfield Street)
Bus stop ( Hylton Park Road)
Bus stop (Alexandra Avenue-Business Centre)
Bus stop (Alexandra Avenue-North Quay Road)
Bus stop (Alexandra Avenue-Nursery)
Bus stop (Alexandra Avenue-West Quay Road)
Bus stop (Beaumont Street)
Bus stop (Beaumont Street - Sunderland Road)
Bus stop (Beaumont Street - Sunderland Road)
Bus stop (Beaumont Street-Cato Street)
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Bus stop (Carley Hill Road)
Bus stop (Church Bank)
Bus stop (Deptford Park and Ride)
Bus stop (Enterprise Park Royal Mail)
Bus stop (Fern Avenue)
Bus stop (Fordfield Road - Fordland Place)
Bus stop (Fordfield Road-Fordham Road)
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Bus stop (Hylton Road-Bexley Street)
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Bus stop (Hylton Road-St Marks Church)
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Bus stop (Pallion New Road-Woodbine Terrace)
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Bus stop (Riverside South - Retail Park)
Bus stop (Royal Hospital Hylton Road G)
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Bus stop (Shakespeare Street-Austin Square)
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Bus stop (Trimdon Street-B&q)
Amenities nearby at Wearmouth Rail Bridge
Tesco Tesco -
Costa Coffee
McDonalds
Cooper Rose Grange Hotel SEE ADDRESS Sunderland Wetherspoons Home Bargains
Boots Chemist Boots Chemist Cashpoint Cashpoint Cashpoint Nationwide Yorkshire Bank Buyproducts Discount Centre (Sunderland) Kings Vehicle Services M-F 5.30pm Sa 5pm Su 3pm B&Q B&Q Halfords Bus stop ( Holmeside)
Bus stop ( Holmeside)
Bus stop ( Holmeside)
Bus stop ( Vine Place)
Bus stop ( Vine Place)
Bus stop ( Vine Place)
Bus stop (Burn Park Road-Durham Road)
Bus stop (Chester Road-The Precinct)
Bus stop (Chester Road-University)
Bus stop (Chester Road-University)
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Bus stop (Durham Road-The Royalty)
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Bus stop (High Street West-St Michaels Church)
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Bus stop (Stockton Road-Mary Street)
Bus stop (Sunderland City Hall)
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Bus stop (Wheatsheaf)
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Bus stop (Wheatsheaf)
Amenities nearby at Hylton Viaduct
Costcutter Wessington Pasha Pizza, South Hylton BP Bus stop (Fairmead Way)
Bus stop (Ferryboat Lane-Business Park)
Bus stop (Ferryboat Lane-Business Park)
Bus stop (Ferryboat Lane-Wessington Way)
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Bus stop (Portsmouth Road-Pennywell Road)
Bus stop (Presthope Road-Portslade Road)
Bus stop (Ringway)
Bus stop (Ringway-Welwyn Close)
Bus stop (Riverside Park)
Bus stop (South Hylton Metro)
Bus stop (South View Greenbank Drive)
Bus stop (St Annes)
Bus stop (St Annes)
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Wikipedia has a page about Queen Alexandra Bridge
The Queen Alexandra Bridge is a road traffic, pedestrian and (former) railway bridge spanning the River Wear in North East England, linking the Deptford and Southwick areas of Sunderland. The steel truss bridge was designed by Charles A. Harrison (a nephew of Robert Stephenson's assistant). It was built by Sir William Arrol between 1907 and 1909 and officially opened by The Earl of Durham, on behalf of Queen Alexandra on 10 June 1909.
In 1899 the North Eastern Railway and the Sunderland Corporation agreed to build the bridge to improve communications across the river and to connect the coalfields of Annfield Plain and Washington with Sunderland's south docks. Before the completion of the bridge, road traffic crossing the river had to use one of two ferries which crossed below near to where the bridge is today. As the bridge was due to be built near to the successful shipyards of the Wear, a clause in the North Eastern Railway Act 1900 required that only one arch span be built over the river to give a clearance of 85 ft (26 m) above high water level.
The approaches to the bridge were completed in 1907 by the Mitchell Brothers of Glasgow and the bridge proper comprises three 200-foot (61 m) land spans (weighing 1,000 tons of steel each) and a 300-foot (91 m) river span (weighing 2,600 tons of steel) and was the heaviest bridge in the United Kingdom at the time. The bridge was built from each side of the river and the two halves came together at noon on 15 October 1908. In all, a total of 8,500 tons of steel, 4,500 tons of granite, 60,000 tons of red sandstone from Dumfries, and 350,000 bricks were used and the cost of completion was £450,000 (equivalent to £45.5 million in 2016). The bridge also housed gas and water mains and in later years, high voltage electricity cables and a pumped rising-main for sewage.
About six million tons of coal passed over the upper-deck annually for export but the trade rapidly declined at the end of the 1910s. For the last few years only one train per day passed over the bridge. The last goods train ran over in 1921, but the lower-deck continues as a valuable road link. In the Second World War, the upper-deck was used as a searchlight and anti-aircraft platform. The railway and decking at each end of the bridge were finally removed near to the end of the 20th century. A large free standing brick and stone viaduct fragment remains on the north side of the Bridge.
From 21 March 2005, the bridge had been restricted to southbound traffic whilst repainting and repair work was carried out on the 96-year-old structure, which was due to take almost a year to complete. It reopened for both lanes of traffic on 12 October 2006, having been partly closed for 18 months and costing £6.3m in repairs.
Previously classified as part of the A1231, the road across the bridge was reclassified as the B1539 when the Northern Spire Bridge was opened to traffic on 29 August 2018.