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The building of Sunderland's magnificent Queen Alexandra Bridge, and the anger it caused in Southwick
Most people today don't realise it was a railway bridge too The Queen Alexandra Bridge, connecting Southwick and Pallion for well over a century, is perhaps not the best known of Sunderland's ...
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Sunderland's Queen Alexandra Bridge to close for one week due to 'inspection'
The Queen Alexandra Bridge in Sunderland will be fully closed for a week-long inspection. The Grade II listed bridge, which is 111-years-old this year, will be closed for an inspection of all ...
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One last hurrah for Sunderland's shipyard heroes 25 years ago
It was in December 1988 that the last shipyard shut in Sunderland. The then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced that North East Shipbuilders, a company formed by all the yards on the river, was ...
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Major plans for former glassworks site in Sunderland
Sunderland City Council’s Planning and Highways Committee will discuss an application for land at Deptford Terrace near the Queen Alexandra Bridge in the Millfield ward. The multi-million pound ...
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Sunderland crash death: Tribute to 'loving and outgoing' teenager
Mia Marsh died when the car she was in left the A1231 in Sunderland at about 01:20 ... the A1231 between the Northern Spire and Queen Alexandra bridges. Investigators found the car had left ...