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The Victoria Tunnel is a subterranean wagonway that runs under Newcastle upon Tyne, England, from the Town Moor down to the River Tyne.It was built between 1839 and 1842 to transport coal from Leazes Main Colliery in Spital Tongues, to riverside staithes (jetties), ready for loading onto boats for export.
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Spital Tongues is a district of Newcastle upon Tyne, located due north-west of the Newcastle City Centre.Its unusual name is believed to be derived from spital – a corruption of the word hospital, commonly found in British place names (e.g. Spitalfields) - and tongues, meaning outlying pieces of land. [1]
The A167 and A167(M) is a road in North East England.It is partially a trunk road and partially a motorway, where it is commonly referred to as Newcastle Central Motorway. Most of the road’s route was formerly that of the A1, until it was re-routed with the opening of the A1(M) in the 1960s.
Victoria Tunnel (Newcastle), England; Victoria Tunnel, Queensland, Australia; Mount Victoria Tunnel, Wellington, New Zealand This page was last edited on 23 ...
The Tyne Pedestrian and Cyclist Tunnels run under the River Tyne between Howdon and Jarrow in Tyne & Wear, England. Opened in 1951, heralded as a contribution to the Festival of Britain, they were Britain's first purpose-built cycling tunnels. [1] The original cost was £833,000 [1] and the tunnels were used by 20,000 people a day. [2]
The A69 is a major northern trunk road in England, running east–west across the Pennines, through the counties of Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and Cumbria.Originally, the road started in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne then later near Birtley, but since the creation of the A1 Western Bypass around Newcastle upon Tyne, it now starts at Denton Burn, a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne.
The A1058, known locally as the Coast Road, [1] [2] is a major road in Newcastle upon Tyne and the adjoining borough of North Tyneside in the North East.It runs from the Newcastle Central Motorway to the coast, terminating between Whitley Bay and Tynemouth.