Newport Transporter Bridge
The Newport Transporter Bridge (Welsh: Pont Gludo Casnewydd) is a transporter bridge that crosses the River Usk in Newport, South East Wales. The bridge is the lowest crossing on the River Usk. It is a Grade I listed structure.
Newport Transporter Bridge | |
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The bridge viewed from Coronation Park | |
| Coordinates | 51.57064°N 2.98556°W |
| Carries | Motor vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians including buses and multi sized lorries. |
| Crosses | River Usk |
| Locale | Newport, Wales |
| Official name | Newport Transporter Bridge |
| Maintained by | Newport City Council |
| Heritage status | Grade I |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Transporter bridge |
| Total length | 236m (774.28 ft) |
| Width | Three cars (gondola) (total width 108 ft / 33 m) |
| Longest span | 196.56m (644.88 ft) |
| History | |
| Designer | Ferdinand Arnodin |
| Opened | 12 September 1906 |
| Statistics | |
| Toll | Adult Single – £1.50 Adult Return – £2.00 Child Single – 50p Child Return – £1.00 Day Ticket (inc. unlimited trips on the gondola and walking across the top of the bridge) – £4.00 |
| Location | |
It is one of fewer than 10 transporter bridges that remain in use worldwide; only a few dozen were ever built. It is one of only two operational transporter bridges in Britain, the other being the Tees Transporter Bridge.
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