Gateshead Millennium Bridge's daily tilt could be axed due to budget cuts. Visitors to the Quayside were treated to the crossing opening during summer months, although the display has not taken ...

The Gateshead Millennium Bridge across the River Tyne was opened to the public on Monday, 17 September 2001. The bridge has since appeared on the £1 coin in 2007 and on a postage stamp.

TODAY marks a milestone for one of the world's most spectacular bridges, The Gateshead Millennium Bridge. On November 20, 2000 the bridge’s main structure was lifted into place by one of the ...

Unpopular safety bollards which have skirted Gateshead's Millennium Bridge for the past decade are to be removed.

It was 15 years ago that crowds lined the banks of the Tyne to watch the moment Gateshead Millennium Bridge was slowly manoeuvred into place. And on Friday evening Gateshead Council will mark the ...

The amazing structure was opened as the latest crossing between Newcastle and Gateshead in 2001 and stretches between ...

The Gateshead Millennium Bridge in pictures - every year from 2001 to 2021 The first pedestrians and cyclists crossed the Gateshead Millennium Bridge on Monday, September 17, 2001. Our selection ...

The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is celebrating its 18 birthday on Tuesday. As part of its anniversary members of the public will be taken behind the scenes to see its workings with bridge master ...

The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is the world’s first pivoting, rotating bridge. The 850-ton steel structure lifts to allow boats to pass underneath. Working with structural engineer and architect ...

Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Gateshead and Newcastle, England: This massive bridge spans the River Tyne. When opened, it allows traffic through by tilting and rotating 40 degrees.

The Gateshead Millennium Bridge was first installed in November 2020, with huge crowds looking on. It then opened to the public on the 17th September 2001, before the formal opening by Queen ...

"In order to tilt Gateshead Millennium Bridge two members of staff, in addition to the bridge master, are needed from the wider workforce which disrupts other council activities." ...