(16 Oct 2025, 11:30 pm)idiot wrote Where are all those people who come on the A19 northbound at the A690 junction traveling to and from? It's a bottleneck every day.

We'll never truely know but I wouldn't be surprised if the Port of Tyne, Nissan and Cobalt are where quite a few people are heading. They're all virtually impossible to get to via public transport from down that way - unless you have a lot of spare time / dedication.