Transporter Bridges

When I read that this bridge carried a cable car beneath it, I was astonished.

So I looked a bit further and through the overwhelming magic of the web, I discovered that Transporter Bridges were not at all uncommon or odd, much to initial astonishment.

Comments

[Luke Francl]

Yes, I believe Duluth Minnesota used to have one of these, since replaced by a lift bridge.

[Adrian]

The one in Middlesbrough is pretty well known over here in the UK and my parents remember one across the Mersey too, although that was replaced with a normal bridge before I was born.

As you can imagine, it takes a bit longer to cross than on a normal bridge as you usually have to wait for the cable car to come over to your side or fill up. There are a couple of photos of the "drivers-eye view" of using the Middlesbrough bridge here and here from when I used it.

[Chris]

There's a good list of transporter bridges here:
http://www.structurae.net/structures/ftype/index.cfm?ID=2056

I immediately thought of the new bridge at the Royal Victoria Docks in London - this was originally planned to be a transporter bridge, but I can't tell if it was when built, and none of my London contacts have heard of the transporter being used.

[chris mckelvie]

i love the uk's transporter bridge's and i hope to go on the newport bridge

chris mckelvie age 13