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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Gateshead Millennium Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian and cycle bridge spanning the River Tyne in England between Gateshead on the south bank, and Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank.
		Gateshead Millennium Bridge A tilt bridge is a bridge that tilts.
		The Gateshead Millennium Bridge spans the River Tyne in England between Gateshead on the south bank, and Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Gateshead-Millennium-Bridge (1158 words)

	Bridge - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Since most early bridges of this type were constructed largely of wood, it is typical that they are either formed from treated wood (typically using creosote) or are protected with a roof and enclosed in building-like siding, forming a covered bridge.
		These rope bridges must of course be periodically renewed owing to the limited lifetime of the materials, and rope components are made and contributed by families as contributions to a community endevor.
		A bridge type combining elements of a suspended-deck suspension bridge and a cable stayed bridge has been proposed as a replacement for the eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and would be the largest bridge this type constructed.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Bridge (4047 words)

	Gateshead Millennium Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gateshead Millennium Bridge spans the River Tyne in England between Gateshead on the south bank, and Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank.
		The bridge was lifted into place in one piece by the Asian Hercules II, one of the world's largest floating cranes, on 20 November 2000.
		The aesthetic of the bridge is sadly marred by piers erected along the watercourse, to guide shipping beneath the highest point of the bridge's span.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gateshead_Millennium_Bridge (260 words)

	Gateshead Millennium Bridge
		Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a striking arched opening bridge designed by Gifford and Partners with Wilkinson Eyre.
		Whilst small river craft can sail beneath the bridge, for larger craft the cable-stayed double-arched structure pivots at the abutments through an angle of 40 degrees to give the 25m navigational clearance as specified by the client, Gateshead Borough Council.
		According to Shapour Mehrkar-Asl, one of the engineers on the project, "Using LUSAS was essential on the design of this bridge because a full 3D staged construction analysis to model the construction sequence, and a step-by-step integration with large angles, to model the opening and closing sequence was required".
	www.lusas.com /case/bridge/gateshead.html (662 words)

	Gateshead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gateshead, once dismissed by writer JB Priestley as a town that appeared to have been invented "by an enemy of the human race", is now established as one of...
		Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear in north-east England on the south side of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne.
		Gateshead is also home to the famous sculpture The Angel of the North, Britain's largest sculpture with a height of 20 meters and a 54 meter wing span.
	www.wikiverse.org /gateshead (406 words)

	Gateshead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear in north-east England on the south side of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne which covers the North Bank.
		Gateshead is also home to a large number of public art works, including the The Angel of the North, Britain's largest sculpture with a height of 20 metres and a 54 metre wing span.
		The Gateshead Jewish community was established at the end of the 19th century when Eastern European Jewish refugees rejected the religious laxity of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne congregation, and crossed the river to set up their new synagogue.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gateshead (1305 words)

	Gateshead Millennium Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The spectacular Gateshead Millenium Bridge spans the River Tyne in England between Gateshead on the south bank, and Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank.
		Gateshead Quays Charts the regeneration of the east quayside and the building of the new cultural quarter.
		The Millennium Bridge Discusses the foot bridge in London and the swaying that occurred in 2000 due to synchronous lateral excitation of steel cable foot bridge.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Gateshead_Millennium_Bridge.html (504 words)

	Corus Construction Centre: Gateshead Millennium Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The whole bridge tilts, and as it does the entire composition undergoes a metamorphosis into a ‘grand arch’ of great width and grace, in an operation which evokes the action of a closed eye slowly opening.
		The entire super-structure was transported the six miles to its final position in Gateshead in November 2000 using the giant Asian Hercules II floating shearleg crane, and successfully lowered into position to a tolerance of ±2mm.
		Gateshead Millennium Bridge is conceived as being in the great tradition of engineering in Tyneside and represents the revitalisation of the Gateshead riverfront.
	www.corusconstruction.com /page_9002.htm (741 words)

	AIArchitect, Oct. 28, 2002 - Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Gateshead, UK, by Wilkinson Eyre Architects for Gateshead ...
		Wilkinson Eyre Architects and the Gateshead Council conceived the Gateshead Millennium Bridge over the River Tyne as a catalyst to regenerate the city of Gateshead.
		The objective, therefore, was to deliver a pedestrian and bicycle bridge that could alter negative or neutral perceptions and provide a positive identity for the Gateshead independent of its opposing-shore neighbor.
		The completion of the bridge on time and on budget is a quantifiable measure of success, but the project goals are also evident in local pride and continued international interest.
	www.aia.org /aiarchitect/thisweek02/tw1025/1025tw1gateshead.htm (360 words)

	Gateshead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Both Gateshead clubs continue to ply their trade at lower levels in their respective sports, thanks mainly to the efforts of their supporters.
		Dunston, an area of Gateshead was the home of one of the most advanced power stations in the world in the 1930s.
		During the Nazi era, Gateshead benefited from the arrival of orthodox Jewish refugee businessmen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gateshead (1305 words)

	Gateshead - Freepedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gateshead is also the location of the Team Valley Trading Estate, one of the largest purpose built commercial estates in the UK.
		It is visible from the A1 road immediately south of Gateshead, as well as from the East Coast Main Line; the statue is to the right of the road and railway line as the traveller heads north.
		Gateshead is on the Tyne and Wear Metro.
	en.freepedia.org /Gateshead.html (272 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Gateshead revisited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gateshead itself boasts one of the biggest and cheesiest shopping malls of all, the gigantic Metro Centre, which, although undoubtedly popular, is a monstrous carbuncle on the face of north-east England.
		Even the first bridge across the Tyne was probably an impressive achievement: the Pons Aelius was commissioned by the Emperor Hadrian in AD120, an inspired architect as well as a soldier.
		Gateshead, though, was always the poor relation across the water.
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/story/0,3604,557113,00.html (1147 words)

	Gateshead
		Little is known of Roman activity in the area around Gateshead, but the exploration of a fort discovered by aerial photographs on Washingwell farm at Whickham may give some clues as to the settlement of the area.
		Gateshead was not included in the Domesday Book, but separate surveys were completed for the Bishopric of Durham, included Gateshead.
		The descriptions of Gateshead as a dirty lane leading to Newcastle' and 'huge dingy dormitory' were partially true during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but the rows of houses which today seem drab were a big improvement on the eighteenth and early nineteenth-century slums down by the river.
	www.ianhardy.net /gateshead.php (517 words)

	Gateshead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gateshead is also the location of Team Valley Trading Estate one of the purpose built commercial estates in the UK.
		The Gateshead Millennium Bridge erected in the year 2000 spans the river and is of design.
		Gateshead is also home to the famous The Angel of the North Britain's largest sculpture with a height 20 meters and a 54 meter wing It was erected in 1998 and was designed by Antony Gormley.
	www.freeglossary.com /Gateshead (375 words)

	Lottery Funded Gateshead Millennium Bridge Opens To The Public - 14 September 2001
		The bridge, which received a lottery grant of over £9.75 million from the Millennium Commission, is the first opening bridge to be constructed across the Tyne for more than 100 years, and its opening mechanism is an engineering world first.
		Millennium Commissioner Judith Donovan CBE said, "The Millennium Commission is proud to have supported this spectacular 'world first' bridge which is already an icon for Gateshead and the North East.
		These include the York Millennium Bridge which opened in April, the Green Bridge at Mile End Park, a 25-metre wide span of landscaped parkland across the 5 lanes of the Mile End Road and the Irish Gate Bridge in Carlisle, which links the historic castle to the rest of the city.
	www.millennium.gov.uk /cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=1225&d=11&h=24&f=46&dateformat=%25o-%25B-%25Y (791 words)

	Gateshead Millennium Bridge by Wilkinson Eyre
		Gateshead Millennium Bridge is one of several linked regeneration projects along 'Gateshead Quays', and plays the essential role of linking this area accessibly to the center of Newcastle.
		The Gateshead Millennium Bridge takes its place at the end of a line of distinguished bridges across the Tyne, including the Tyne Bridge and Robert Stephenson's High Level Bridge, which can be seen well from the new bridge.
		It is the bridge's design that requires these guide posts, but they show no sign of having been anticipated or treated as part of the esthetic design of the structure, which is a pity.
	www.galinsky.com /buildings/gatesheadbridge (377 words)

	River Tyne, England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Tyne Bridge across the River Tyne between Newcastle and Gateshead.
		It enters the county of Tyne and Wear at Prudhoe and continues through Blaydon, the seven bridges of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, then Gateshead and Jarrow to the Tyne Tunnel, North Shields and finally to Tynemouth and South Shields and the North Sea.
		The Tyne was a major route for the export of coal from the 13th century until the decline of the coalfields of North East England in the second half of the 20th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_Tyne,_England (389 words)

	Car Hire Gateshead UK from car rentals.co.uk
		Gateshead is steeped in industrial history, and many of the town’s attractions celebrate contributions made to modern-day society.
		Shipley Art Gallery's Made in Gateshead exhibition features a permanent display which documents the past and present manufacturing industries of the borough, while the Bowes Railway, which connected numerous collieries from the 1820s until the 1970s, today displays the only two preserved rope-operated incline railways in the world.
		The Gateshead Millennium Bridge - the first opening bridge to be built across the River Tyne for more than 100 years - has attracted world-wide attention because of its unique design.
	www.carrentals.co.uk /car-hire/gateshead-guide.html (338 words)

	Gateshead Millennium Bridge Home
		Linking Gateshead with Newcastle via Gateshead Quays (described as one of the best places in Europe by Tony Blair) and Newcastle’s Quayside, the bridge not only serves a functional purpose as the River Tyne’s only foot and cycle bridge, but its grace and engineering attract people from all over the world.
		In 1996 Gateshead Council launched a competition to find a bridge that would link developments on both sides of the River Tyne and also complement the existing six bridges crossing the river.
		Gateshead residents voted for their favourite design from a shortlist of leading architectural companies.
	www.gateshead.gov.uk /bridge/bridged.htm (391 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Millennium bridge reaches destination
		The £22m structure is to span the River Tyne between Gateshead Quays and neighbouring Newcastle's quayside.
		The floating crane used to move the bridge is taller than Big Ben and the operation to lift it was said to be the largest of its kind in the world.
		The Millennium Dome in London had to be bailed out with millions of pounds as it failed to meet visitor estimates.
	news2.thdo.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/1030561.stm (472 words)

	Gifford - Consulting Engineers - News - 1st November 2001 - Gateshead Millennium Bridge 'The Blinking Eye' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Gateshead Millennium Bridge design was voted for by the people of Gateshead in a competition to choose a bridge that would not only link developments on both sides of the river but also complement the existing six bridges crossing the Tyne.
		Built with the support of a Millennium Commission lottery grant, the bridge forms a stunning pedestrian and cycle bridge which will operate like a giant lid of an eye slowly opening and thus forming an arch under which ships can pass.
		The bridge was then rested on pivots which will eventually enable this vast structure to open around 200 times a year and will allow a 25m clearance for shipping.
	www.gifford.uk.com /news/2001_11_01 (503 words)

	Gateshead Millennium Bridge
		The bridge's lighting design breaks down into several elements: the arch, the underside of the deck, the pedestrian walkway and cycle deck, the dividing hedge, and the caissons, which contain the hydraulic system.
		Lighting the underside of the bridge deck was a different sort of challenge, as it is not seen directly most of the time, then is exposed when the bridge is open.
		We were interested primarily in the reflections and then how the bridge would appear when it was in the open position.” However, the local harbormaster ruled that no light should be visible on the bridge when opened, so as not to distract ships passing through.
	livedesignonline.com /mag/lighting_gateshead_millennium_bridge (1196 words)

	Millenium Bridge
		H M The Queen crosses the bridge to Newcastle and is joined by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh.
		The bridge, opening in Summer 2001, is designed to open and close like an eye, with an arch span of 105 metres.
		The sections of the bridge were made in Bolton, Lancashire and assembled at the AMEC yard in Wallsend.
	www.14theweb.co.uk /bridge.html (672 words)

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		Minuscule hydraulic rams, one on each side, tilt the bridge back on special pivots to allow small ships and boats to pass underneath.
		Its reputation was untarnished until October 2004 when the failure of a Â£200 circuit board prevented the bridge from opening.
		Image:Millenium_bridge_close.jpgView along the bridge from the Gateshead side Image:Gateshead millenium bridge open.jpgThe bridge when open, from the Gateshead side Image:Gateshead_Millenium_Bridge.jpgGateshead Millennium Bridge when cars had been put in the River Tyne as part of Artwork Image:bridgeopencloseup.JPGA close-up of the Pivots as the bridge opens.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Gateshead_Millennium_Bridge (358 words)

	Gateshead Millennium Bridge - Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The bridge links new arts and cultural developments on Gateshead Quays on the south bank of the River Tyne with Newcastle Quayside on the north.
		It is the only purpose built bridge for cyclists across the river and joins two cross country riverside cycleways which are part of a national network.
		The bridge uses a world first tilting mechanism to open, turning on pivots on both sides of the river to form a gateway arch.
	tynemouth.frankgillings.com /binfo.htm (340 words)

	IABSE
		Professor Manfred Hirt, President of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), presented the 2005 IABSE Outstanding Structure Award to the 'The Gateshead Millennium Bridge, England' on September 14, 2005.
		The Gateshead Millennium Bridge, England received the Outstanding Structure Award for being an "an elegant curved pedestrian bridge with a unique concept of two interconnected arches which rotate to allow ship passage".
		The bridge is often being compared, in the way its rotational movement occurs, to that of a closed eye slowly opening.
	www.iabse.ethz.ch /association/awards/ostrac/gateshead.php (375 words)

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