Tees Viaduct

Tees Viaduct
(A19) Tees Viaduct from Maze Park's viewing hill
Coordinates	54°34′4.08″N 1°16′4.44″W / 54.5678000°N 1.2679000°W / 54.5678000; -1.2679000
Carries	A19 road
Crosses	River Tees, Teesdale Way, Thornaby Middlesbrough railway line, B6541 and A66 roads and Lustrum Beck
Locale	Middlesbrough, England, UK
Official name	A19 Tees Viaduct
Owner	National Highways
Maintained by	Autolink Concessionaires (A19) Limited (1997-2027)
Preceded by	Tees Barrage
Followed by	Tees Newport Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Slab and Girder
Material	Steel plate girders and composite concrete deck on reinforced concrete piers
Total length	2.9 km, spanning 1.95 km
Longest span	117 metres (384 ft)
No. of spans	68
Piers in water	none
History
Construction start	1973
Construction end	1975
Opened	November 1975
Statistics
Daily traffic	112,000 vehicles per day (2016)
Location

The A19 Tees Viaduct or Tees Flyover is a high level six-lane dual carriageway road bridge in the North East of England carrying the main A19 trunk road north–south across the River Tees.^[1]

The bridge is located between Middlesbrough and Stockton-on-Tees just north of the A19's interchange with the A66 trunk road and carries the north–south traffic through Teesside avoiding the main towns but is also used extensively by local traffic. On the southern bank the bridge crosses the marshalling yard railway lines and the main Thornaby-Middlesbrough section of Tees Valley Line, the B6541 (Old A66/A67, Stockton Road) and the A66 road. On the northern bank the bridge crosses the Teesdale Way long-distance cycle/footpath, Lustrum Beck, a service road, footpath (disused railway line) and the main roundabout on the Portrack Interchange.