Gateshead Millennium Bridge
The Gateshead Millennium Bridge - the first opening bridge to be built across the River Tyne for mroe than 100 years - has attracted world-wide attention thanks to it's unique tilting design. The bridge provides a footpath and cycle-way linking the ambitious new arts and cultural developments at Gateshead Quays on the south bank with Newcastle Quayside.
The world-first design is the latest addition to the Tyne's famous collection of bridges and was designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects and consulting engineers Gifford & Partners Ltd, and constructed by Gateshead based Harbour & General.
In 2002, The Gateshead Millennium Bridge won the RIBA Stirling Prize for 'Building of the Year'.
Image courtesy of John Donoghue
Location
Gateshead
Completion Date
2001
