High Level Bridge lighting columns blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: The original lighting columns on the High Level Bridge were refurbished and brought back into service by Network Rail in 2008, with funding contributions from: The Railway Heritage Trust, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, Newcastle City Council Recorded plaque organisation: Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, Newcastle City Council.

The lighting columns on the High Level Bridge, refurbished in 2008, enhance the historical and aesthetic significance of this important 19th-century railway bridge connecting Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead.