The main span is 531ft, it has a clear headway over the river of 84ft, 2ft higher than the High Level Bridge. The Tyne Bridge cost £700,000 to build but recently it has just finished a makeover ...

When it was opened in April, 1831, it was the first bridge over the River Tyne to be built during Tyneside’s industrial era, long pre-dating its more illustrious neighbours downriver ...

The Tyne Bridge celebrates its 75th anniversary this ... The bridge was a single span structure so it did not obstruct river traffic Perched over 80 feet above the river, the men worked without ...

The silent colour film Bridges On The River Tyne was shot around 1957 by amateur cameraman Milton Newton. Beginning at the mouth of the river, with both piers clearly visible, our footage shows ...

The Tyne Bridge is currently down to one lane of traffic ... The project would cost just over £15m. Edmund Nuttall Ltd was the main contractor and there were 19 sub-contractors involved in ...

Over the centuries, more bridges - including the dramatic High Level rail and road bridge (opened 1849) - were built across the Tyne. By the 1920s, the enormous expansion in road traffic meant ...

Over 60,000 people run over the Tyne Bridge as part of the Great North Run route The councils said the bridge will still play a key role in the half marathon, which is held in September ...

The Tyne Bridge has the furthest inland colony of kittiwakes in the world with over 1,000 pairs of the birds. In order to carry out the restoration works, the schedule of works was developed in ...

Work to shift the restoration of the Tyne Bridge over to the Newcastle side of the iconic landmark has begun. Road restrictions were installed on the Newcastle Quayside on Monday (5 August), in ...

How long will it take to drive over the bridge? Drivers have been warned of delays of up to 40 minutes at peak travel times. Heavy congestion is expected on all approaches to the Tyne Bridge on ...