Newport Transporter Bridge |
NP20 2UA Newport, Great Britain (UK) (Wales) |
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64 Cardiff Road
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| Floor area | unfortunately not known yet |
Museum typ
Bridges and Tunnels
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Opening times
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April – September Wednesday - Sunday 10am–5pm; also open on Bank Holiday Mondays during Easter, May and August; Last admission at 4pm; last ferry crossing from west to east at 4.30pm |
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Status from 01/2016
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day visitor Gives access to the high level walk way, the motor house platform and unlimited crossings on the day of purchase: normal £2.75; children £1.75; Single crossing: normal £1.00; children £0.50; Return crossing: normal £1.50; children £1.00 |
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| Contact |
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| Homepage |
www.newport.gov.uk/heritage/Transporter-Bridge/Transporter-Bridge.aspx www.fontb.org.uk |
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| Description | The first Transporter Bridge was built near Bilbao in Spain and is still used today.
Worldwide less than twenty transporter bridges were built, of which 6 are currently in operation. - Puente Vizcaya - (Bilbao), Spain, 1893 - Pont Transbordeur de Rochefort- Martrou, France, 1900 - Newport Transporter Bridge - Newport, UK, 1906 - Schwebefähre Osten–Hemmoor - Osten, Germany, 1909 - Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge - Middlesbrough, UK, 1911 - Rendsburger Hochbrücke mit Schwebefähre - Rendsburg, Germany, 1913 2 Transporter Bridges can be seen out of operation and only as a technical monument and from the outside: - Puente Transbordador Nicolás Avellaneda - Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1914 - Warrington Transporter Bridge - Warrington, UK, 1916 The remarkable Newport Transporter Bridge is one of only six operational transporter bridges left world wide from a total of twenty constructed. She is a transporter bridge that crosses the River Usk in Newport, South East Wales. The bridge is the lowest crossing on the River Usk. Opened: September 12, 1906 Total length: 197 m Height: 74 m Construction started: 1902 |
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