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But
did you know that it will soon be starring in the new series of
"Auf Wiedersehn Pet"?
And
did you spot it in last year's Oscar-nominated British movie "Billy
Elliot"?
How
does it work?
A moving
car suspended from the bridge carries 600 people or nine vehicles
across the Tees to Port Clarence in two and a half minutes.
If
you can't picture that, run your mouse over the sophisticated diagram
below.
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| Animated
transporter diagram. |
There
is only one other working transporter bridge in Britain: the Newport
bridge in Wales, built in Middlesbrough.
History
Teesside
has a world-reknowned history as a centre of bridge-building.
Steel
bridges constructed in the area include the Tyne, Menai and Sydney
Harbour bridges, and more recently the Forth Road Bridge.
The
Transporter Bridge is a marvel of Edwardian engineering.
Its
foundation stone was laid in 1910.
Only
14 months later on the 17th October 1911 the bridge was opened by
Prince Arthur of Connaught.
Click
below for more photos of the bridge:
Return
to Tees Trail page.
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The
bridge clears the river by 160 feet.
