Tyne Bridge Tower
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Tyne Bridge Tower by David Dixon as part of the Geograph project.
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Tyne Bridge Tower
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 22 Mar 2016
Its massive steel arch makes the Tyne Bridge, linking the City of Newcastle with the town of Gateshead, probably the most iconic of all the Tyne's bridges. When opened by King George V on 10 October 1928, the Tyne Bridge was the biggest single-span bridge in the UK. At either end are granite towers which house lifts, although they are no longer in use. Trams ran over it from 1928 until 1950 and bus services have always used it. The bridge carried the A1 trunk road or Great North Road from the south to Scotland which then ran through the centres of Gateshead and Newcastle. http://www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/tynebri.html Bridges on the Tyne
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Image Location
Latitude
54.967195
Longitude
-1.605577