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UK Transporter Bridges

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This page shows images of the UK's four transporter bridges Middlesbrough, Newport, Warrington and Widnes-Runcorn, plus one in London which has never been completed.




 

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Widnes-Runcorn Transporter Bridge
Built: 1905


The Runcorn-Widnes Transporter Bridge crossed the river Mersey and Manchester Ship Canal linking the towns of Runcorn and Widnes. It was completed in 1905 and was Britain's first transporter bridge and the largest of its type ever built in the world. It continued in use until 1961 when it was replaced by a through arch bridge, which is now known as the Silver Jubilee Bridge. The transporter bridge was then demolished.  (Ref: Wikipedia)


Postcards of the Widnes-Runcorn transporter bridge
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Newport Transporter Bridge
Built: 1906


The Newport Transporter Bridge (Welsh: Pont Gludo Casnewydd) is a transporter bridge that crosses the River Usk in Newport, South Wales. It is a Grade I listed structure. Designed by French engineer Ferdinand Arnodin, it was built in 1906 and opened by Godfrey Charles Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar on 12 September 1906. The span is an example of the very rare transporter bridge concept, of which only eight remain in use worldwide. The bridge is the crossing lowest on the River Usk.


Postcards of the Newport transporter bridge
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Newport transporter bridge
Photos: © Ian Boyle,4th June 2005

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Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge
Built: 1911


The Tees Transporter Bridge, often referred to as the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge, is the furthest downstream bridge across the River Tees, England. It connects Middlesbrough, on the south bank, to Port Clarence, on the north bank. The travelling 'car', or 'gondola', suspended from the bridge, crosses the river in 90 seconds. The gondola can carry 200 people, 9 cars, or 6 cars and one minibus. It carries the A178 Middlesbrough to Hartlepool road. Locally the bridge is simply known as the Transporter.  (Ref: Wikipedia)


Postcards of the Middlesbrough transporter bridge
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Warrington Transporter Bridge
Built: 1915

The Warrington Transporter Bridge (or Bank Quay Transporter Bridge) across the River Mersey is a structural steel transporter bridge with a span of 200 feet. It is 30 feet wide, and 76 feet above high water level, with an overall length of 339 feet. It was built in 1915 and, although it has been out of use since circa 1964, it is still standing.

It was originally one of two such bridges across the Mersey, the other one being the Widnes-Runcorn Transporter Bridge (built in 1905). It was designed by William Henry Hunter and built by William Arrol.It is privately owned and was built to connect the two parts of the large chemical and soap works of Joseph Crosfield and Sons. It was originally used to carry rail vehicles up to 18 tons in weight, and was converted for road vehicles in 1940. In 1953 it was modified to carry loads of up to 30 tons.

English Heritage designated the bridge as a Grade II* listed building, and as a scheduled monument. Because of its poor condition it is on their Buildings at Risk Register. (Ref: Wikipedia)



Warrington transporter bridge
Photos: © Jonathon Brown,4th December 2016

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London Royal Victoria Dock Bridge
Built: 1998 (not completed as a transporter bridge)

The Royal Victoria Dock Bridge is a signature high-level footbridge crossing the Royal Victoria Dock in the Docklands area of east London designed by London-based architects and designers Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands. The bridge provides a direct link from Eastern Quay and Britannia Village, a residential development to the south of the dock, to the ExCeL Exhibition Centre and Custom House station, both situated to the north of the dock.

The bridge takes the form of an inverted Fink Truss, with six masts rising above the deck at 25.5 m (84 ft) centres, varying in height from almost 30 m (100 ft) at each end to just 10.6 m (35 ft) for the smallest masts. The shape of the bridge is designed to reflect the masts of the sailing boats which use the dock. The bridge crosses the dock with a clearance of some 15 m (50 ft) above the water, a height which was necessary to allow yachts to pass below the bridge deck. The bridge is accessed at each end by lift and stair towers.

The bridge was completed in 1998, at a cost of £5 million. A second construction stage envisaged in the bridge's design involves the addition of a glass passenger cabin travelling on a rail of the underside of the deck to make this a transporter bridge. After 14 years it seems unlikely this will now happen.  (Ref: Wikipedia)


The Royal Victoria Dock Bridge
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 11th November 2011

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