The Gateshead Millennium Bridge tilted open over the River Tyne, its white arch and deck raised, with onlookers on the Gateshead quay.

Free entry

Gateshead Millennium Bridge

The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian and cycle bridge across the River Tyne between the Gateshead arts quarter and Newcastle's Quayside. Designed by WilkinsonEyre with the engineers Gifford, it opened in 2001 as the first tilting bridge ever built: the deck and arch rotate together to let ships pass, which earned it the nickname 'Blinking Eye Bridge'.

Nearby

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art

art museum

Tyne Bridge

bridge

Newcastle Castle

castle

Newcastle Cathedral

church

Laing Art Gallery

art museum

Grey's Monument

monument

Great North Museum: Hancock

museum

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