Tees Transporter Bridge

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landmark road bridge transporter bridge

The Tees Transporter Bridge is an iconic early-20th-century transporter bridge in Middlesbrough, England, known for carrying vehicles and pedestrians across the river on a suspended gondola.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tees Transporter Bridge canonical 2
Tees Transporter Bridge (steelwork) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf landmark ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ
transporter bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
builder Sir William Arrol & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ
carries cyclists ⓘ
pedestrians ⓘ
road traffic ⓘ
clearanceBelow 49 metres ⓘ
connects Middlesbrough NERFINISHED ⓘ
Port Clarence NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1909 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses River Tees NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedBy G. C. Imbault NERFINISHED ⓘ
S. A. Mathews NERFINISHED ⓘ
engineer Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuredIn BBC television programmes NERFINISHED ⓘ
gondolaCapacity 200 people ⓘ
9 cars ⓘ
hasComponent suspended gondola ⓘ
hasLift yes ⓘ
hasLighting architectural illumination ⓘ
hasToll historically yes ⓘ
height 68 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1988 ⓘ
heritageStatus Grade II* listed building ⓘ
isOneOf world's few remaining transporter bridges ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Middlesbrough NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Yorkshire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
mainSpan 176 metres ⓘ
maintainedBy Middlesbrough Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
material steel ⓘ
officialName Tees Transporter Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
openedBy Prince Arthur of Connaught NERFINISHED ⓘ
openingCeremonyDate 1911-10-17 ⓘ
openingDate 1911-10-17 ⓘ
owner Middlesbrough Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
region North East England ⓘ
river River Tees NERFINISHED ⓘ
status operational with periodic closures for maintenance ⓘ
symbolOf Middlesbrough's industrial heritage ⓘ
totalLength 259 metres ⓘ
usedFor commuter traffic ⓘ
industrial transport ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

River Tees → hasBridge → Tees Transporter Bridge ⓘ
Dorman Long and Co Ltd → notableWork → Tees Transporter Bridge ⓘ
Sir William Arrol & Co. → notableWork → Tees Transporter Bridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tees Transporter Bridge (steelwork)