Landmark
Type
Gateshead
Where
Landmark · Attraction
Good for
Check before you go
Cost
Plan your visit
Opening times
Open access — check locally for facilities
Location
Gateshead
Parent hack
Arrive at opening time in school holidays — you'll beat the queues and the car park.
The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge spanning the River Tyne between Gateshead arts quarter on the south bank and Newcastle upon Tyne's Quayside area on the north bank. It was the first tilting bridge ever to be constructed. Opened for public use in 2001, the award-winning structure was conceived and designed by architectural practice WilkinsonEyre and structural engineering firm Gifford. The bridge is sometimes called the 'Blinking Eye Bridge' or the 'Winking Eye Bridge' due to its shape and its tilting method. The Millennium Bridge stands as the twentieth…
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