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Written by Paul Jameson
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Thursday, 22 September 2005 |
The Transporter Bridge is one of Teesside’s most famous and prominent landmarks.
Built between 1910-11, it was designed by a local company Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co Ltd. and built by a Glasgow company, Sir William Arroll & Co Ltd., at a cost of £84,000, who used a great deal of local workforce.
The bridge was officially opened on 17th October 1911 by HRH Prince Arthur. The Transporter is the largest bridge of it’s kind in the world, being 850 feet (261 metres) long and 225 feet (69 metres) high at it’s highest point. It spans the Tees river for 571 feet (175 metres). It used to be possible to walk over the Transporter by foot, climbing stairs up one leg, crossing the top and descending the stairs down the other leg. These days, you can only cross using the suspended car that trundles along on the rails above. At night time, the Transporter is now lit up, creating a magnificent monument for Teesside that can be seen for miles around. To this day it acts as an excellent example of Teesside’s engineering excellence.
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