Gateshead Millennium Bridge

The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a captivating tilting structure of imaginative outline over the River Tyne. Worked for people on foot and cyclists, the extension associates the northern Quayside toward the southern expressions quarter of Gateshead. Remain in the focal point of the gap to appreciate perspectives of the Gateshead horizon.

Appreciate the cutting edge outline of the structure, which comprises of a fantastic curve that drifts over a bended way. Watch the scaffold tilting forward and backward to enable little vessels to go beneath. The great curve balances pathway amid a tilt, which takes around 5 minutes. The 8m wide deck, with its person on foot and cycle ways, is a close even bend 126m long, crossing 105m. The walker path is somewhere in the range of 300mm higher than the cycle track.

In the bridge's closed state, with the link remains upright, the highest point of the curve is 50m over the stream. See the structure during the evening, when it is lit up in a blue sparkle that reflects in the water. At the point when the extension is in its upright position, the curve ascends to a tallness of 164 feet (50 meters) over the waterway. The structure has received a notable part in the town's way of life, including on stamps and postcards. Note its self-cleaning instrument, as any litter moves into side waste traps.