A travel journal to Newcastle upon Tyne by ks.h
Quote: For well over a century the sight of the Tyne bridges linking Newcastle with Gateshead is what most exiled Geordies think of when they conjure up images of home, no matter how long or short their exile has been.
Overview
The world’s first tilting bridge is the latest addition to the Tyne’s famous collection of bridges, which give the area one of the most instantly recognisable skylines in Europe.
The Bridge provides a footpath and cycle way across the Tyne linking Newcastle Quayside to Gateshead Quays and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art development; it is the final piece in the jigsaw of what will soon be one square mile of visitor attractions on both sides of the Tyne.
One of the world’s largest floating cranes dramatically lowered the fully constructed bridge into place on Monday, 20th November 2000 and after on site work was completed it was opened to the public at 3.00pm on Monday, 17th September 2001.
ks.h Jarrow, United Kingdom