From Régis Le Bridge to Bradley Lowery Bridge - your suggestions for the new River Wear crossing

A key element in the major Riverside development which is transforming the city, the new footbridge will link game-changing projects on the former Vaux site with Sheepfolds.

Sunderland City Council has announced that community groups will feed into a list of possible names, which will then be put out to a public vote, enabling people from in and around Sunderland to make the final decision on the moniker for the new bridge.

The last time a major bridge was built over the River Wear, in 2017, it was named the Northern Spire following a week-long public vote. Members of the community were asked to choose their favourite from a list of three names, with 10,000 people voting.

VolkerStevin is responsible for designing and building the £31million ‘smart bridge’ pedestrian and cyclist crossing in the shadow of the Wearmouth Bridge.

Whilst the final shortlist hasn’t been established yet for the new bridge, thousands of you have been coming up with your own name suggestions, from footballing names to honouring Bradley Lowery and monikers inspired by the city’s proud industrial heritage.

Here’s some of them:

* Régis Le Bridge

* Bradley Lowery Bridge

* Shipwrights’ Way

* Beacon Crossing

* Miners’ Walk

* Wise Man Way

* The Bridge of Light

* Lambton Way

* Vaux Pass

* Vaux Row

* Sir Bob Murray Bridge

* The Isidor Corridor

* The Pitmans’ Bridge

* Wearside Way

* Swans Way (after Joseph Swan)

* Wear Wharf

* Mackem Walk

* Bridgey McBridgeFace

* Black Cat Crossing

* Montgomery Bridge

* Wearmouth Way

* Walk of Light

* Stadium Way

* Bede’s Bridge

* The Light Bridge

* The Sheepfolds Link

* The Pit Path