Hylton Viaduct
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| Hylton Viaduct | |
| County Durham | |
|---|---|
 The Hylton Viaduct over the River Wear | |
| Location | |
| Type: | Box girder bridge |
| Carrying: | A19 road |
| Crossing: | River Wear |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ347567 |
| Location: | 54°54’16"N, 1°27’30"W |
| Structure | |
| Type: | Box girder bridge |
| History | |
| Built 1974 | |
| Information | |
Hylton Viaduct is a road traffic and pedestrian bridge spanning the River Wear in County Durham, linking North Hylton and South Hylton in the north-east of the county, carrying the A19 road over the river.
The viaduct is of a steel box girder design. It was opened in 1974, and is above a former chain ferry route which ceased in 1915.
| Bridges and crossings on the River Wear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penshaw Bridge | Victoria Viaduct | Cox Green Footbridge | Hylton Viaduct | Northern Spire Bridge | Queen Alexandra Bridge | Monkwearmouth Bridge |