Northern Spire Bridge — Local services in Sunderland

The bridge opened on 29 August 2018. It is a two span cable-stayed bridge with an A-frame pylon rising to 105m (344ft) it crosses the River Wear between Castletown on the north to Pallion on the south bank. The new bridge has two lanes of traffic in each direction, plus shared cycleways and footpaths along its full length. At its midpoint, it is around one kilometre to the west of the Queen Alexandra Bridge. To the West of the bridge on the South Bank of the River is a Concrete shipwreck, a victim of war...

Newest bridge over the river Wear, between the Queen Alexandra and A19 Hylton Viaduct Bridges. The bridge links Pallion and Castletown

The Northern Spire Bridge 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...

This is old news and it’s very difficult to find up to date information. All we want to know is when the bridge is going to open? Are they using Sharpie pens to colour it in? We’ve had a lot of good weather for the painters to catch up, moreover they can’t blame the weather any more. It is Wearisome, and bothersome to understand what the hold up could...