Comment on Tees Transporter Bridge
Transporter bridges are wonderful! There is another transporter bridge in Newport (Gwent) which is Grade 1 listed and still working, but interestingly of a slightly different design. There is another in Bilbao (or was in the 1970s). The shape is so distinctive that it is certainly worthy of 'icon' status. However, if 'bridges are your thing' the other bridge in Middlesborough is the Newport Bridge which is different in construction, no longer 'lifts' but is facinating anyway!
Comment on Tees Transporter Bridge posted 2008-01-07 by Mo from Lincolnshire
Comment on Tees Transporter Bridge
It means a lot as it represents the pride of the Middlesbrough population local industry of steel, which makes up the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Cabinet War rooms in London. Truly iconic of the Teesside area, even if you did SPELL MIDDLESBROUGH WRONG!!
Comment on Tees Transporter Bridge posted 2007-08-08 by liam mcdermott from Middlesbrough
Comment on Tees Transporter Bridge
Icon descibes the Transporter Bridge Bridge perfectly. I can't think of a better symbol of Tesside's heritage and is always on the list to show friends and visitors to Teesside. It embodies so much history and nostalgia for both sides of the river...Port Clarence and Middlesbrough. Just proud it's ours!
Comment on Tees Transporter Bridge posted 2007-07-16 by Brendan Fox from Darlington
Comment on Tees Transporter Bridge
It is time that the Government ..... local councils and "we need to get rid of the past.. Brigade" realize that there are those of us who are proud of what was built in days gone by, by skilled crafts men. I support any motion to keep the "Transporter".
Comment on Tees Transporter Bridge posted 2007-07-16 by DL WALTERS from Fleet, Hampshire
Comment on Tees Transporter Bridge
It is a huge landmark for Middlesbrough and I always look out for it whenever I visit my old home town. I would like to see it reaching its centuary, but as I have reached the ripe old age of 70 and now live in Canada, I dont think it will be possible. However, I won't stop hoping!
Comment on Tees Transporter Bridge posted 2007-07-02 by Charles Bowen from 4612 81st Street NW Calgary Alberta Canada
Comment on Tees Transporter Bridge
The bridge is unique in the UK and is a symbol of Middlesbrough
Comment on Tees Transporter Bridge posted 2007-07-02 by Colin Morton from Middlesbrough
Comment on Tees Transporter Bridge
It shows what a community is all about. It's a piece of Teesside history all thanks to Steve Gibson. It also shows community spirit and reflects on Teessides' history and the future of a great place.
Comment on Tees Transporter Bridge posted 2007-06-26 by Luke Frost from Thornaby On Tees
Comment on Tees Transporter Bridge
The bridge is unique in the UK and is a symbol of Middlesbrough.
Comment on Tees Transporter Bridge posted 2007-06-26 by Colin Morton from Middlesbrough
Comment on Tees Transporter Bridge
As a landmark it does what it says on the tin! As a piece of engineering it is better than the Tyne bridge. I am sure Brunel (the greatest engineer of all time) would have been proud of it.
Comment on Tees Transporter Bridge posted 2007-06-26 by Mike McCartney from Teesside
Comment on Tees Transporter Bridge
Middlesbrough's iconic Transporter Bridge has featured in the TV series The Fast Show, Auf Wiedershen Pet, Steel River Blues and the feature film Billy Elliot. More recently the bridge was beamed into the homes of 6.5 million American TV viewers when Ann Curry, celebrity anchorwoman of NBC's Today programme in New York bungee jumped off the world's largest working bridge of its type. The award winning journalist who has reported from Baghdad, Dharfur, Rwanda, Sri Lanka and Albania flew to Middlesbrough, to jump off the bridge, to raise $10,000 for charity, egged on and sponsored live on air by Tom Hanks. Curry wanted to bungee jump from a bridge and as there are no bungee operations on the east coast of America she contacted the UK Bungee Club who arranged for her to do the jump from the 225 ft high Teesside bridge on Monday, December 17. The bridge also recently came top of a local poll to find the town's favourite place. Surely international recognition of this kind makes The Transporter Bridge a true icon of England.
Comment on Tees Transporter Bridge posted 2008-01-10 by Glen Smith from North Yorkshire