Gateshead Millennium Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Arch bridge
Tilt bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Bicycle and pedestrian bridge
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| Other name(s): | Baltic Millennium Bridge |
| Built: | 1998 - 2001 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Europe Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Europe |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 105 m | |
| width | 8 m | |
| total length | 126 m |
Quantities
| structural steel | 800 t |
Cost
| cost of construction | Pound sterling 22 000 000 |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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| arch |
steel
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Participants
Owner
Architecture
Structural engineering
Contractor
Steel construction
Cable steel supplier
- Bridon International (suspenders)
Mechanical & electrical engineering
Software
Relevant Web Sites
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archINFORM: Gateshead Millienium Bridge
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archiweb: Gateshead Millennium Bridge
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BBC News: Tilting bridge clinches major award (13.06.2002)
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BBC News: Tilting bridge opens eye to the world (17.09.2001)
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Bennett Associates: Baltic Millennium Bridge: MEA&H Consultants
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IABSE: Outstanding Structure Award 2005: The Gateshead Millennium Bridge
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Lusas: Gateshead Millennium Bridge
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Tyne Bridge Webcam
Relevant Publications
- The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture, Phaidon, London (United Kingdom), ISBN 0714844500, 2005; pp. 138
- The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture, Phaidon, London (United Kingdom), ISBN 0714843121
- Eine Brücke beweglich wie ein Augenlid - Baltic Millennium-Brücke in Newcastle/England, in "Bautechnik", October 1999, n. 10 v. 76
- Gateshead Millennium bridge, presented at Footbridge 2002, Paris, 20-22.11.2002.
- Gateshead Millennium Bridge, UK: fabrication, assembly and erection, in "Bridge Engineering", March 2003, n. 1 v. 156
- Gateshead Millennium Bridge, in "The Structural Engineer", 6 February 2001, n. 3 v. 79
- Gateshead Millennium Bridge, UK, in "Structural Engineering International", November 2003, n. 4 v. 13
- Crossing the Tyne, Tyne Bridge Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne (United Kingdom), ISBN 1857951212
- Bridge Builders, Wiley, ISBN 047149786X, 2002; pp. 210-215
- Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 504-513
- 30 Bridges, Laurence King, ISBN 1856692175, 2002; pp. 180-185
- 30 Brücken, Callwey Verlag, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3766715011; pp. 180-185
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0001254 |
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| Created: | 01/02/2001 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |