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Gateshead Millennium Bridge

Description: The bridge links new arts and cultural developments on Gateshead Quays on the south bank of the River Tyne with ... more

Gateshead Millennium Bridge ... Newcastle Quayside on the north.

Newest Review: ... of a giant eye slowly opening to form a double arch under which ships can pass. The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is an amazing structure it's massive yet it looks so delicate and is a joy to walk over the bridge without being polluted by car and bus exhaust fumes. During the evening the bridge becomes a true work of art when it is lit by a high tech light display able to create dazzling ... more

... patterns in millions of colours, you could go every night of the week and see something different, it is a spectacular sight. How to get to the Gateshead Millennium Bridge By Road Take the A1, leaving at the A184 sign posted Gateshead town centre and ...more

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Gateshead Millennium Bridge: The Tyne's Blinking Eye (767 words)
by - written on 07/05/02 (Very useful, 1123 readings)
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For well over a century the sight of the Tyne Bridge linking Newcastle with Gateshead is what most exiled Geordies think of when they conjure up images of home, no matter how long or short their exile has been it is when they catch a glimpse of the Tyne Bridge they know they are home. Nothing will ever replace the feeling of seeing the Tyne Bridge but along with the Angel of the North the Gateshead Millennium Bridge is also starting to have the same impact on people of the region. The Gateshead Millennium Bridge or the Blinking Eye as it is know in the North East is the first opening bridge to be built across the River Tyne for more than one hundred ... Read the complete review

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