🚨 Gateshead Flyover Shutdown: New Concrete Supports Installed for Safety! Feb 2025 Update

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Engineers have begun work on providing support to two central pillars under the Gateshead Highway flyover A167.

Gateshead Council has hired specialist contractors to encase the pillars (known as piers) in concrete, as an interim measure to enable the removal of the temporary props currently beneath the flyover's structure.

The council's longer-term plan is to work towards demolition, subject to Cabinet approval. Well over £1m has been spent to date, to manage the closure of the Gateshead Highway and protect the public, including hiring the emergency propping required, fencing and security, increased monitoring, and out of hours staff, contractor and consultant costs.

The concrete work will take some weeks to complete - and for the concrete to reach full strength. The curing of the concrete is weather dependent - colder temperatures will mean the process takes longer.

The introduction of the concrete reinforcement, however, does not completely eliminate the risks around the flyover, so the council will still monitor the structure closely, and it will not be re-opening the upper deck to traffic.

The expectation is that the props will be removed in mid to late March - and this should also allow the re-opening of the Sunderland Road bus and cycle lane which runs beneath the flyover and this will allow a more direct and level route to the town centre for pedestrians in the adjoining housing.