NEWCASTLE MOTORWAY RELIEVES CITY CENTRE CONGESTION

Details of the design and construction of Newcastle's Central Motorway east are given. Within its length of less than a mile there are five vehicle access points, eight pedestrian crossings by overbridges and subways, and two underground tunnels constructed in the contract in advance of the proposed rapid transit system. The motorway is partly in cutting and partly on two levels, one above the other. The motorway was completed on 12 August 1975. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Building and Contract Journals Limited

  Surrey House, 1 Throwley Way
  Sutton, Surrey SM1 4QQ,   England 
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 12-14
• Serial:
  • Highways and Road Construction
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 1789

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access; Bridges; Cast in place concrete; Concrete; Concrete structures; Footbridges; Freeways; Highway bridges; Pedestrian tunnels; Pedestrians; Rapid transit; Retaining walls; Support piles; Tunnels; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian subways
• ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 4781: Cast in situ concrete; 4755: Concrete; 2752: Motorway; 1733: Pedestrian; 3399: Pile; 3359: Retaining wall; 3374: Tunnel; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Highways; Materials; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I32: Concrete; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00132307
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 23 1982 12:00AM