The infamous A167 flyover that has caused major traffic disruption around Tyneside will be demolished. The council expects this could take a whole year, with warnings of further traffic disruption.
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00:00The demolition of Gateshead's closed A167 flyover is expected to take around a year
00:06with warnings of more disruptions for motorists. Council bosses are planning to tear down the
00:12elevated highway which has now been shut off to traffic for more than a month due to structural
00:16concerns in the hope of finally pressing ahead with long-standing redevelopment ambitions
00:22for that end of the town centre. Its closure has caused significant travel disruptions
00:27on Tyneside, even forcing Tyne and Wear Metro trains to be suspended through the area over
00:32Christmas. After a temporary support device was installed in December to prop up the flyover,
00:38a further phase of strengthening work is due to be taking place in the next couple of weeks,
00:43encasing two of its pillars in more concrete. Gateshead Council leader Martin Gannon said
00:48that even if that reinforcement allowed the flyover to be deemed safe for vehicles again,
00:53the Council's desire to ultimately demolish it means that they would unlikely bring it
00:57back into use.