The Happy Pontist

A blog from the UK about bridges and bridge design

29 April 2014

Tyneside Bridges: 5. Tyne Bridge

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We followed the River Tyne westwards, visiting each of its bridges in sequence. After the Gateshead Millennium Bridge , we travelled ba...
20 April 2014

Tyneside Bridges: 4. Gateshead Millennium Bridge

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I'm still (very slowly) writing up bridges from the second day of last year's IABSE Study Tour of north east England. At last, we ca...
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11 March 2014

Tyneside Bridges: 3. Byker Metro Bridge

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The third and most recent high-level bridge to cross the Ouseburn Valley is the Byker Metro Viaduct, completed in 1982 for the Tyne and Wear...
07 March 2014

Tyneside Bridges: 2. Byker Bridge

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The second bridge to be built linking the crests of the Ouseburn Valley was the Byker Bridge, built in 1878 to a design by Robert Hodgso...
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05 March 2014

Tyneside Bridges: 1. Ouseburn Viaduct

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I'm continuing my series of posts on the bridges of north-east England which I visited as part of an IABSE study tour last year. The sec...
05 February 2014

Northumbrian Bridges: 4. Cragside Bridge

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It's been about 2 months since I posted anything from the IABSE study tour of North East England. I've previously covered the br...
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23 January 2014

Salford Meadows bridge design contest winner revealed

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Arup and Tonkin Liu have been announced as the winners of the RIBA Salford Meadows bridge design competition. I last mentioned this scheme ...
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