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Gateshead Millennium Bridge

A tilt bridge is a This article is about the edifice. For other meanings, see Bridge (disambiguation). Sydney Harbour Bridge - probably the best known of suspended deck compression arch bridges A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle. The purpose... bridge that tilts.


The tilting The Gateshead Millennium Bridge spans the River Tyne in England between Gateshead on the south bank, and Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank. The bridge was lifted into place in one piece by the Asian Hercules II, one of the worlds largest floating cranes, on 20 November 2000... Gateshead Millennium Bridge spanning the river The River Tyne can refer to two rivers in the United Kingdom: River Tyne, England River Tyne, Scotland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go... Tyne between Gateshead Millennium Bridge Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear in north-east England on the south side of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne which covers the North Bank.. It is the main settlement in the metropolitan borough of Gateshead. Gateshead and Newcastle are linked by ten... Gateshead on the south bank and This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. For other uses of the name, see Newcastle (disambiguation), for other cities of the same name in the United Kingdom see Newcastle, United Kingdom Newcastle upon Tyne, often called just Newcastle, is a city in North East England that is... Newcastle upon Tyne on the north (see image on the right), is a pedestrian bridge with two huge hydraulic rams at each side that tilt the structure back allowing small boats, etc. through.


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