The Coast Road Cycle Path
 
The Coast Road (A1058) is the 8 mile direct route between "The Coast" (Whitley Bay & Tynemouth) and Newcastle City Centre.  Opened in the 1930's it was designed to serve suburban housing estates being constructed by the seaside and take a stream of traffic into the City, at the time there would have been very large numbers of cyclists using it.  In the 1970's large sections of it were "upgraded" to grade separated dual carriageway.  The planners at the time inten...