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Kingsgate Bridge: Exterior · Kingsgate Footbridge, Durham
1/6 · Exterior · Kingsgate Footbridge, DurhamPhoto: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Kingsgate Bridge: Exterior · Superb 1960s bridge over the River Wear in Durham
2/6 · Exterior · Superb 1960s bridge over the River Wear in DurhamPhoto: Alex Liivet from Chester, United Kingdom · CC0 · source
Kingsgate Bridge: Exterior · Superb 1960s bridge over the River Wear in Durham
3/6 · Exterior · Superb 1960s bridge over the River Wear in DurhamPhoto: Alex Liivet from Chester, United Kingdom · CC0 · source
Kingsgate Bridge: Exterior · Kingsgate bridge in front of Dunelm House in Durham , England
4/6 · Exterior · Kingsgate bridge in front of Dunelm House in Durham , EnglandPhoto: Tom Parnell · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Kingsgate Bridge: Detail
5/6 · DetailPhoto: Tom Parnell · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Kingsgate Bridge: Context
6/6 · ContextPhoto: Tom Parnell · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · Kingsgate Footbridge, DurhamPhoto 2: Exterior · Superb 1960s bridge over the River Wear in DurhamPhoto 3: Exterior · Superb 1960s bridge over the River Wear in DurhamPhoto 4: Exterior · Kingsgate bridge in front of Dunelm House in Durham , EnglandPhoto 5: DetailPhoto 6: Context

Infrastructure · Brutalism

Kingsgate Bridge

Ove Arup · Durham, GB · 1963

Key featuresConcrete footbridge on V-shaped legs, built as two halves along the banks and swung 90° to meet; Grade I.

Architect
Ove Arup
Place
Durham, GB
Year
1963
Typology
Infrastructure
Movement
Brutalism
Region
Europe
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