A69 Haydon Bridge Bypass
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Scheme Outline
Construction of a new single-carriageway bypass to Haydon Bridge on the A69 Newcastle-Carlisle route. This is the last significant settlement on the route to receive a bypass.
The Highways Agency have declared their planned timescale for this project includes ground investigations beginning immediately, with construction beginning in 2007.
Timeline
- 1938
- A bypass for Haydon Bridge is first proposed.
- 1978
- The line of the bypass is selected.
- 2002
- Department for Transport announces bypass as part of £5.5bn of national highway improvements.
Project Statistics
- Cost
- £25m
- Finance
- Central Government
- Estimated completion of works
- 2009
- Length of new road
- 2 miles
Progress
- January 2007
- Work begins on-site.
- October 2006
- The government approves the scheme, with work due to start in 2007.
- June 2007
- Groundwork is now underway, with the line of the road clearly visible. Cemetery Road is now closed off for realignment works and construction of the bridge.
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With thanks to Russ Oakes, Richard Kirkman and Gerry McKenna for information on this page.
