image for illustration: High Level Bridge and Swing Bridge, Tagishsimon (talk) (Uploads), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Earlier this week a local tour guide urged Tyneside authorities to urgently crack on with the restoration of the broken Swing Bridge, reports Newcastle World.
Newcastle World writes:
The crossing, which connects the Newcastle and Gateshead quaysides, was the world’s largest swinging bridge when it opened in 1876. But it has not successfully swung open since 2019 and looks certain to reach its 150th anniversary this summer without being able to turn…
… popular comments…
… ‘This is an insult to the memory of Lord Armstrong – who invented hydraulics and made Newcastle into the industrial powerhouse of the 19th century.’… ‘If the bridge had been in most cities it would be in good order just look at London’s bridges we are paying millions for a ferry dock and can’t afford bridge maintenance.’
Almost 400 people have signed the petition..
