GREAT BRITAIN: Tees Transporter Bridge (Middlesbrough, UK)
GREAT BRITAIN: Tees Transporter Bridge (Middlesbrough, UK)
The Tees Transporter Bridge has been the area's landmark since opening in 1911. It is the longest working transporter bridge in the world and an iconic symbol of Teesside's engineering and industrial heritage.
The Tees Transporter Bridge has played an important role in the area's history for over a century and continues to provide an important and unique crossing over the River Tees.
In recent years the Transporter has emerged as a leading historic visitor attraction and is one of the UK's major sites for extreme sports including abseils, bungee jumps and zip-slides.
In 2011, to mark the Bridge's centenary, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) confirmed a £2.6m award for refurbishment and upgrade work to the Bridge. The HLF-supported Tees Transporter Bridge Visitor Experience Project included the installation of a glass viewing lift to provide improved access to the upper walkway, renovation of the gondola and the development of state-of-the-art visitor resources.
Транспортный мост на реке Тис (Tees), Мидлсбро
Этот стальной мост, ставший символом индустриального наследия Мидлсбро, был построен в 1911 году. Он до сих пор остается самым длинным мостом своего класса в мире. Транспортный мост над рекой Тис попадал в кадры популярного английского комедийного телесериала «Ауфидерзейн, Пет» (1983-2004 гг). Этой выдающейся конструкцией можно любоваться откуда угодно: издали, вблизи, из машины, из гондолы, останавливающейся прямо под самим мостом.
Crossing the Transporter Bridge in Middlesbrough
A transporter bridge, also known as a ferry bridge or aerial transfer bridge, is a type of movable bridge that carries a segment of roadway across a river. The gondola is slung from a tall span by wires or a metal frame. The design has been used to cross navigable rivers or other bodies of water, where there is a requirement for ship traffic to be able to pass. This has been a rare type of bridge, with fewer than two dozen built. There are just twelve that continue to be used today, including one converted into a lift bridge and one designed as, but not yet operating as, a transporter bridge.
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Road Trips in England - Tees Transporter Bridge, Middlesbrough
A visit to the Tees Transporter Bridge in Middlesbrough, England, and then crossing the bridge to go onward to Hartlepool.
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This is akin to a horizontal lift. A high level bridge uses cables to support and move a cradle across the river
Tour of the top of the Transporter Bridge, Middlesbrough.
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Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge to Stockton on Tees Riverside Walk
Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge to Stockton on Tees Riverside Walk
This walk takes you from the famous Tees Transporter Bridge landmark to the bustling town of Stockton on Tees along the riverside that hosts some spectacular bridges, scenery and wildlife.
Vessel Passing Under Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge
Vessel Passing Under Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge
Middlesbrough Transporter bridge crossing
On a visit to the RSPB Reserve at Saltholme near Middlesbrough we finished up having to cross the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge. There are only 3 operational bridges of this type in the United Kingdom and eleven remaining world wide.
The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge has been a symbol of the area since it was opened in 1911. There are only two other Transporter Bridges still in existence in Britain. These bridges are at Newport (Gwent), opened 1906 and Warrington, opened 1916.
The Middlesbrough Transporter is a total of 851 feet (259.3 metres) in length which makes it the longest of those remaining Transporter Bridges in the world. Its cantilever construction has three main bridge spans that give it its unique appearance. The bridge is, effectively, two almost independent structures joined at the centre of the River Tees. Each half of the bridge has an 'anchor' span of 140 feet (42.6 metres) and then cantilevers across the river some 285 feet (86.8 metres) from the tower leg to meet its twin from the opposite bank. The passenger gondola is suspended by steel cables and runs on a wheel and rail system approximately 160 feet (48.7 metres) above the River Tees. While Middlesbrough's Transporter is the largest operational Transporter Bridge the largest bridge ever of this type is recorded as 1000 feet (304.7 metres) in length, built over the River Mersey near Widnes. That bridge closed in 1961 and has, sadly, now been demolished
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Places to see in ( Yorkshire - UK ) Tees Transporter Bridge
Places to see in ( Yorkshire - UK ) Tees Transporter Bridge
The Tees Transporter Bridge, often referred to as the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge is the furthest downstream bridge across the River Tees, England. It connects Middlesbrough, on the south bank, to Port Clarence, on the north bank. It is a transporter bridge, carrying a travelling 'car', or 'gondola', suspended from the bridge, across the river in 90 seconds. The gondola can carry 200 people, 9 cars, or 6 cars and one minibus. It carries the A178 Middlesbrough to Hartlepool road. Locally the bridge is often referred to simply as 'the Transporter'.
The idea of a transporter bridge across the River Tees was first mooted in 1872 when Charles Smith, Manager of the Hartlepool Iron Works, submitted a scheme to Middlesbrough Corporation. However the scheme was not pursued and it would not be until the new century that the idea of a transporter bridge across the river would again be revisited.
The Tees Transporter Bridge has an overall length (including cantilevers) of 851 feet (259 m), leaving a span between the centres of the towers of 590 feet (180 m), the beam of the bridge being carried at a height of 160 feet (49 m) above the road. The bridge is the longest remaining transporter bridge in the world.
The bridge is currently owned by Middlesbrough Council and Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. Middlesbrough Council has control of the day-to-day operations and maintenance. In 2011 the Tees Transporter Bridge received a £2.6 million Heritage Lottery Fund award for improvement and renovation work to mark the Bridge's centenary. The improvement works include the installation of a glass viewing lift to the landmark's upper walkway and renovation of the gondola. The bridge was closed on 27 August 2013 for 40 days repainting. It was then discovered that repairs were needed. The bridge was re-opened for traffic on 6 April 2015. The improvement works are still in hand.
The bridge is also host to an annual vintage bus running day, organised by The 500 Group. On this one day per year, usually a Sunday in April, vintage buses take people on free rides around Teesside. As part of the 2006 and 2007 events the bridge made a special trip carrying a former Teesside Municipal Transport Daimler Fleetline. Prior to this a double deck bus had not used the bridge in 30 years.
In 2013, the Tees Transporter Bridge Anniversary Award was inaugurated as part of the Transporter Bridge's Heritage Lottery Fund-supported Visitor Experience Project in partnership with the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) and Teesside University. The inaugural award winner was Stephen Brown in autumn 2013, with Jason Dunnett receiving the accolade in autumn 2014.
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Tees Transporter Bridge Nov 2017
The Tees Transporter Bridge is the furthest downstream crossing of the River Tees between Middlesbrough and Port Clarence. Pedestrians and vehicles are carried over the river in a gondola which can carry up to 200 people or 9 cars.
The reason for it being a transporter bridge is due to the banks on each side not being substantial enough to support a standard bridge crossing, but also any regular type bridge would need to be high enough to allow marine traffic to sail underneath.
The bridge has recently been fully renovated with a new electronic control rather than the original manual control which was housed in a cabin above the gondola. There has also been an elevator installed for the regular tours and bungee jumps from the top.
The bridge operates every 15 minutes but is closed in strong winds or adverse weather, and it takes around 90 seconds to cross.
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