The Tees Transporter Bridge has been the area's landmark since opening in 1911. It is the longest working transporter bridge in the world and an iconic symbol of Teesside's engineering and industrial heritage.
The Tees Transporter Bridge has played an important role in the area's history for over a century and continues to provide an important and unique crossing over the River Tees.
In recent years the Transporter has emerged as a leading historic visitor attraction and is one of the UK's major sites for extreme sports including abseils, bungee jumps and zip-slides.
In 2011, to mark the Bridge's centenary, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) confirmed a £2.6m award for refurbishment and upgrade work to the Bridge. The HLF-supported Tees Transporter Bridge Visitor Experience Project included the installation of a glass viewing lift to provide improved access to the upper walkway, renovation of the gondola, and the development of state-of-the-art visitor resources. (Taken from the Middlesborough website)
Unfortunately the bridge is closed at the moment for repairs and maintenance.
SO, I don’t know what a transporter bridge is but I’m guessing that it is a bridge that rises to let ships under and then drops down again to allow cars to cross. This is an amazing photo with the ‘bridge on stilts’ and the flock of birds flying by.
@gardencat A transporter bridge is quite unusual, joanne, and rather than try and explain how it works I found this wikapedia link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transporter_bridge It even has a little animation to show you how it works.
