Welcome to our Diamond Jubilee e-book - a whirlwind tour of highways, transportation, innovations and memories from the last sixty years of the North Eastern Branch.
Founded in 1952, the Branch has been at the forefront of building and developing the modern transport infrastructure that serves the North East today. From the great motorway construction period of the 1970s, through to the innovative Tyne and Wear Metro, our members have helped shape policy, design, construction, best practice and economic growth across the region.
Put together by the Branch, the e-book captures the excitement and creativity of the period in six individual sections. Click on the links below to read a particular article or download the whole section.
Sixty Years of the North Eastern Branch
Sixty Years of Accessible Transport
Building the Tyne and Wear Metro
Durham Tees Valley Airport
Innovation & Infrastructure in the Bus Industry
Newcastle International Airport
Railways in the North East
Sustrans in the North East
Sixty Years of Concepts and Innovations
Creating New Town Infrastructure
Durham City Centre Road Charging Scheme
Home Zone Residential Areas
Paving the Past at Beamish Museum
Road Safety Auditing
The Newton Cap Railway Viaduct Conversion
Sixty Years of Highways Infrastructure
Motorways and Trunk Road Development
Newcastle Central Motorway
The A1 Trunk Road
The A189 Spine Road
The A19 Trunk Road
The Tyne Tunnels
Sixty Years of Keeping the North East Moving
A69 Newcastle to Carlisle DBFO
Highway Authorities over Sixty Years
Running the Tyne and Wear Metro
Sixty Years of Highway Maintenance
The Port of Blyth
The Port of Tyne
Sixty Years of Memories and Perspectives
Experiences in Surface Dressing
In the Dock
Managing the Holy Island Causeway
The High Level Bridge
The Yellow Circus
