Tees Viaduct

Tees Viaduct
A19 Tees Viaduct from the Maze Park viewing hill
(A19) Tees Viaduct from Maze Park's viewing hill
Coordinates54°34′4.08″N 1°16′4.44″W / 54.5678000°N 1.2679000°W / 54.5678000; -1.2679000
CarriesA19 road
CrossesRiver Tees, Teesdale Way, Thornaby Middlesbrough railway line, B6541 and A66 roads and Lustrum Beck
LocaleMiddlesbrough, England, UK
Official nameA19 Tees Viaduct
OwnerNational Highways
Maintained byAutolink Concessionaires (A19) Limited (1997-2027)
Preceded byTees Barrage
Followed byTees Newport Bridge
Characteristics
DesignSlab and Girder
MaterialSteel plate girders and composite concrete deck on reinforced concrete piers
Total length2.9 km, spanning 1.95 km
Longest span117 metres (384 ft)
No. of spans68
Piers in waternone
History
Construction start1973
Construction end1975
OpenedNovember 1975
Statistics
Daily traffic112,000 vehicles per day (2016)
Location
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The A19 Tees Viaduct or Tees Flyover is a high level six-lane dual carriageway road bridge in the North East of England carrying the main A19 trunk road north–south across the River Tees.[1]

The bridge is located between Middlesbrough and Stockton-on-Tees just north of the A19's interchange with the A66 trunk road and carries the north–south traffic through Teesside avoiding the main towns but is also used extensively by local traffic. On the southern bank the bridge crosses the marshalling yard railway lines and the main Thornaby-Middlesbrough section of Tees Valley Line, the B6541 (Old A66/A67, Stockton Road) and the A66 road. On the northern bank the bridge crosses the Teesdale Way long-distance cycle/footpath, Lustrum Beck, a service road, footpath (disused railway line) and the main roundabout on the Portrack Interchange.

  1. ^ "River Tees - Crossings". Three Rivers Cycle Routes. 2004. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2009.