Work to start on triple-deck roundabout in North Tyneside, UK

June 30, 2016
Construction of a major triple-deck roundabout in North Tyneside, England starts in August.

The roundabout is part of an upgrade to the A19/A1058 Coast Road junction that includes lowering the A19 beneath the existing A1058 Coast Road and roundabout.

The €90 million scheme is on the main route to and from the Tyne Tunnel and will mean that people travelling along the A19 will no longer have to queue at the roundabout to go continue their journey straight ahead. Instead, drivers will use a new section of road which will run under the junction.

The 11km Tyne Tunnel consists of two two-lane toll tunnels under the River Tyne near Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. One was completed in 1967 and the other in 2011. They connect the town of Jarrow on the south bank of the river with North Shields and Howdon on the northern shore.

The original tunnel was one of three forming the original Tyne Tunnel Project; the others are the pedestrian and cyclist tunnels opened in 1951.

The improvements are part of the UK government’s five-year €18 billion roads investment programme.

Commuters recently used the Tyne Tunnel for free while work continued to repair a sinkhole on the A1, according to local media reports.

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