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Gone85
03-07-2010, 01:26 AM
This was one of the first things that caught my eye as my bus pulled into Middlesbrough, Soon after I was having a look around it in the broad day light.

I didn’t have the usual exploring suspects with me, Instead my girlfriend climbed it with me the day before I headed back towards Manchester...

As I was packing light I did not have my tripod with me so these are the best pictures I could get using my rucksack and the railings on the bridge top, The quality isn’t the best.

The Tees Newport Bridge was opened on the 28th February 1934 by the Duke of York, Built by the company Dorman Long and designed by Mott, Hay & Anderson.

Standing at 182ft tall and 270ft wide it was the first and heaviest type of vertical lift bridge in Britain, Its final lift took place on the 18th December 1990 but is still used as a road bridge carrying the A1032 across the River Tees.

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I’ll be back soon for the Transporter Bridge amongst other things.

Thanks for Looking, Gone...

TripleSix
03-07-2010, 02:42 PM
Nice photos. Nice bit of history too, shame she don't work anymore eh!

This is something I should do - I'm so damned close to it!

Sandman
03-07-2010, 05:15 PM
What Mr Theoss said...

Whats the score?
The rumours that went about where that most of the platforms and ladders where only held together by a few coats of paint , seagull shite and spiderwebs and that a long drop and a sudden stop awaited anyone who tried it.

Gone85
03-07-2010, 06:17 PM
The center of the bridge has fairly new ladders and platforms so you should be fine, I wouldnt have climbed it with my girlfriend if I had known it to be falling apart.

I have climbed 250ft cranes in Manchester that had been stood for a number of years and the ladders have been perfect. However the metal flooring sections along to the counterweight had suffered from the weather and had begun to rust, They still held 35 stone (220kg) of explorers though.

Gone.

Sandman
03-07-2010, 06:33 PM
mmmm 35 stone... thats my camera bag and tripod mate :lol:

Now if me and Mr Theoss try it we are talking in tons.
Thanks for the info tho :thumb

sunny
12-07-2010, 10:34 PM
was it newport bridge that you ment was unsafe i have climbed it a few times if you go up the middle its all solid we got arrested one and a nice 80 quid fine just watch who is under it when you climb it was some road work man who heard us talking and phoned the police which resulted in a helicopter,well worth the climb and nice and easy to do

goan02
13-07-2010, 07:14 PM
done this 3 times, silly easy just be careful and dont be cocky

sunny
17-07-2010, 04:23 PM
im not sure to be honest they took fingerprints and took £80 off me , im not sure if i now have a record i hope not but dont know how i can find out (sounds stupid i know but it was just a case of asked loads of questions took prints and said we are giving you a public disorder fine now off you go) they were asking to see the pics i had took and were just having a laff about it but because they had the hellicopter out they said they had to do the fine.