Northern Spire Bridge

Northern Spire Bridge
The Bridge shortly after opening.
Coordinates	54°55′00″N 1°25′28″W / 54.9167°N 1.4244°W / 54.9167; -1.4244
OS grid reference	NZ369581
Owner	Sunderland City Council
Website	sunderland.gov.uk/article/14608/Northern-Spire
Next upstream	Hylton Viaduct
Next downstream	Queen Alexandra Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Piers in water	1
No. of lanes	4
History
Construction start	May 2015
Construction end	2018
Location

The Northern Spire Bridge is a bridge over the River Wear in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. The crossing opened to pedestrians on 28 August 2018, before opening to traffic the next day. A two span cable-stayed structure, construction began in May 2015, overseen by Farrans Construction and Victor Buyck Steel Construction.

A crossing had been proposed as early as 2005, however financial uncertainties caused significant delay until funding was approved by HM Treasury. Originally an ambitious design was selected, but was later dropped after several contractors withdrew.^[1] In 2014, the project switched to a cheaper cable-stayed design.