Swing Bridge

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Swing Bridge is a historic movable road bridge in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, that spans the River Tyne and can rotate to allow ships to pass.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic structure
listed building
movable bridge
road bridge
canRotate yes
carries pedestrians
road traffic
connects Gateshead NERFINISHED
Newcastle upon Tyne NERFINISHED
constructionStartDate 1868
country United Kingdom
crosses River Tyne NERFINISHED
currentPowerSource electric motors
designer Sir W. G. Armstrong & Company NERFINISHED
engineer William George Armstrong NERFINISHED
followedBy Tyne Bridge NERFINISHED
hasCoordinateSystem WGS84
hasFunction allows ships to pass by rotating
provides road crossing over River Tyne
hasLength approximately 171 metres
hasMainSpan approximately 85 metres
hasNumberOfLanes 2
hasNumberOfSpans 2
hasWidth approximately 14 metres
heritageDesignation Grade II* listed building
heritageDesignationDate 1976
inaugurationDate 1876
isTouristAttraction yes
locatedInHeritageArea Tyne Gorge NERFINISHED
location England
Newcastle upon Tyne NERFINISHED
Tyne and Wear NERFINISHED
United Kingdom
maintainedBy Gateshead Council NERFINISHED
Newcastle City Council NERFINISHED
materialUsed steel
wrought iron
movableSpanType swing
movementMechanism hydraulic power
openingDate 1876
originalPowerSource hydraulic engines
partOf crossings of the River Tyne
precededBy High Level Bridge NERFINISHED
region North East England
replaced Old Tyne Bridge NERFINISHED
rotationAxis central pier

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

River Tyne crossedBy Swing Bridge
New Castle, England hasRiverCrossing Swing Bridge
subject surface form: Newcastle upon Tyne
High Level Bridge locatedNear Swing Bridge