To all the naysayers saying its a waste of money, I'll just state this The Millennium bridge represents Newcastle and Gateshead's industrial past and is in homage to the Tyne bridge. Newcastle was a key player in the industrial revolution (shipbuilding, coal mining and important inventions). With the turn of the century, The Millennium bridge signifies old and new, with its clever tilt (first of its kind) and its sleek modern design representing change. Sure there are cheaper easier bridges to make but this means more than a simple bridge, it represents Newcastle and Gateshead.
Like the Angel of the North that still doesn’t stop it being a waste of public money, you know money that would have been better spent on say I don’t know....the NHS, that’s the thing about people who are for projects like this. They’re very good at spending the working classes hard earned money.
@@garethedwards5799 Okay when your a ruler you can decide not to have monuments/unique architecture. Until then we have little to 0 say on such matters. In an ideal world, money would be used properly to fund the NHS, well here we are. Anyways what is the alternative, no bridge or a cheap concrete slab? I know what I would choose and that would be what we have currently something to be proud of where I'm from.
@@Philing_Great I live currently where you’re from, no one had a say, it was your local government, at the time if I remember right “Labour” and there were already bridges? Or does the Tyne bridge not exist? and the swing bridge? does that not exist? again and I reiterate the public money spent on both projects would have been better spent elsewhere, but like you stated no one got a say...
Saw this in an episode of _Vera_ and wanted to hear more about it. It was stationary but didn't take long to figure out that it was a new kind of way to make for boat clearance. Great!
At first I wondered what was the point of the bridge...then I saw the disabled parking spots right there and noticed two clear lanes run across the bridge. This is an interesting solution for wheelchair access across the river. A simple arch bridge would be too steep for safe crossing on a wheelchair.
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+vincent7520 it's not pointless. It's designed to compliment the iconic Tyne bridge a few hundred yards away. The design here is a homage to the original. It's a perfect design- it's not humped, so pedestrians can easily cross and in particular wheelchair users, it still allows boats to pass, and is visually interesting.
Plus submersible bridges have wet, slippery surfaces when first raised. Don't forget this is a river, not a canal, so has a dish shaped river bed that shifts and changes, would be hard to design a submersible bridge that follows ever changing contours. And anyway the corinthian canal bridge is incredibly ugly- just a series of girders and planks. Clever but ugly.
Interesting, but what happens if some poor slow poke is in the middle of the bridge when it needs to go up? Do they just let it dump them if they can't hang on for dear life?
@sm vanwers. There were certain rules in place. Nothing was allowed to be built on the quayside, so that ruled out a regular bridge. It's a pedestrian and cycles only bridge and the height of the ramp had to be fairly flat in order to allow access for wheelchairs. So in order to meet these requirements, this was the design they came up with.
The Falkirk Wheel had an economic purpose - the movement of goods. This bridge combines many important features; * it's a 3 times longer span than necessary, so uses 3 times the materials at 3 times the cost, * a moveable bridge is far more complex - and expensive to build - than a fixed span, * a moveable bridge has a much higher maintenance and repair cost than a fixed span, * a moveable bridge has running costs - trained operators and energy to move it. Clearly they've maximised the construction, maintenance, repair and running costs. This is not merely a one-time waste of money, this is an ongoing drain on the economy: a financial weeping-sore.
I lived at Newcastle upon Tyne for eight years and I must say I spent many hours walking past the two large pins holding the old Arched Newcastle Bridge. Large projects are awesome and this new bridge is quite an engineering accomplishment. I do not think much of the London Millenium bridge which galloped a lot and oscillated a lot where so much more money had to be spent to stabilise it. The designer seem to have misused those suspension cables in a catenary form which is unstable really. Triangles needed to be introduced to stabilise the system.
Plus with the big curve in this to allow it to tilt properly means when it's in situ, you cannot go straight across, you're going twice as far so ppl like me in a wheelchair would be doubly knackered.
Imagine that you're in your wheelchair, in the middle of the bridge, and the horns go off and lights flash, then you're the last person on the thing, pumping like hell....
It's a clever tourist attraction, but it opens v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y so I don't imagine it opens often. It does allow for a level crossing, and it probably didn't cost more than other types of lift bridges.
It's pretty & great engineering. But what's the need for this? Why not just build a bridge that has a higher clearance over the river? It wouldn't need to move at all.
Its a lazyness thing.. walk up and over or wait a few minutes and take the curve. I get the idea of the bridge. I just dont see the sense in the money it had to take to save some peoples energy
@@krashd ever hear of a ramp? or an elevator? That's a pretty sizable chip you've got there on your shoulder. And btw, I'm pretty sure there are still plenty of places in the UK that aren't wheelchair accessible still. So while you're removing that chip, maybe step down off your high horse as well. ;-)
And somewhere on the other side of the bridge a walker was said to have heard the "Jeopardy game show theme music" in 5,4,3,2,1...Aaawwwhh still not down..play the music again..that's better.
What's the point? I admit I am not familiar with this river, but how wide is the largest boat that would ever want to go under this bridge? Wouldn't a simpler draw bridge be faster and cheaper? Anyway: www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/gmb.html
Remember the days when bridges allowed unhindered crossing overhead at the same as allowing unhindered passage underneath? Well, futuristic engineering, modern materials, electronics and design has changed all that. Now, bridge technology let's you wait while others pass underneath, and to make the crossing, you travel further than the distance of the gap. Extra energy required to make the crossing, extra energy required to rotate the bridge. Interesting concept, but is this use of technology taking us forwards, or backwards? Why aren't there more bridges like this?
Some designer got a bunch of idiots to pay for his art. A more practical bridge would have worked better and cost less. Good designers can make things that are functional and good looking at the same time
You don't get it do you? I'm not comparing the costs of iPhones and bridges, I'm saying the "waste of money" argument can equally well be played on their phones, since you can easily find ones far cheaper with the same functionality. Just like what they say about bridges.
+Jam Bear Studios I am stupid but less than you are : do you really think that I do not know what a bridge is ???… Even a lifting bride. Simply this whole contraption for doing something very simple (a lifting bridge have been in existence since the Middle Ages in Holland) seems to me the invention of the wheel. In other words a waste of money (and not very beautiful at that, but that is a personal opinion).
"Nice but for what" Well you obviously didn't know what a bridge is, this bridge is for people to go over and boats to go under, and plus, more people obviously have a better opinion than you.
Don't take your eyes off the screen because you might miss something sorry we're not all like you we don't miss it over and over again just to figure it out a Millennial later
Why does it need to go any faster? It probably only opens a handful of times a month, boats don't exactly move fast so plenty of time to open it as they approach. Plus to open faster would require vast, ugly hydraulics or motors so large they would dim the lights across the whole city!
Not worth the performance, I'm not even going to google what it cost. Is it purely a footbridge? From the grotty looking buildings over the other side, I can't see who would want to cross, I suppose it's just fun for those with nowt better to do who can stand on this side to watch. It's too slow and hideously lovely. They could gave done a modern day take on the swing bridge...but just for pedestrians maybe. They way that thing curves, if you go to cross over, you cannot go straight across so you're going twice as far and that would knacker me in my wheelchair.
There were certain rules in place. Nothing was allowed to be built on the quayside, so that ruled out a regular bridge. It's a pedestrian and cycles only bridge and the height of the ramp had to be fairly flat in order to allow access for wheelchairs. So in order to meet these requirements, this was the design they came up with.
Not with the rules they had to stick to. There were certain rules in place. Nothing was allowed to be built on the quayside, so that ruled out a regular bridge. It's a pedestrian and cycles only bridge and the height of the ramp had to be fairly flat in order to allow access for wheelchairs. So in order to meet these requirements, this was the design they came up with.
Wow! Beautiful bridge! Again, THEY WILL NEVER CONCEIVE OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN NEW AMERIKA! (Not enough imagination -- or profit motive)! Simply amazing how these new (and old) engineering wonders around the planet are in place or being restored! But in New Amerika only the .0001% fat wealthy shitbags can afford do this sort of stuff, most other Americans are only shopping at strip malls or at home in poverty! Amerika has really not advanced much since 1970's!
+Danilo Peterson Oh I don't know, maybe the space shuttle, cell phones, GPS for the US military which we GIVE FREELY TO THE WORLD, and should turn OFF to ALL countries who support terrorists, and....umm....oh yes I remember now, NASA also came up with the INTERNET. Those are just a few things that the USA came up with since the 80's. Keep your bridge and we'll keep all our stuff too.
+wjf213 "your" internet wouldn't work without British invented computers, the World Wide Web, RAM. Going right back to basics we invented electro magnetic power generation- kind of essential for running stuff. A few more for you- submarines, incandescent light, the telephone, television, vaccination, steam engines, railways, the worlds first underground railway, underwater tunnelling, jet engines, supersonic passenger aircraft, radar. I could go on all day but as countless will testify you can't educate an idiot.
An utterly foolish and impractical design, considering superior and practical alternatives. And is this bridge only used by pedestrians? Your 'millenium' is a misspelling for millennium....
Meh, I guess it's okay. What I'm screaming about is how damn long those small boats that cause all this nonsense to happen is just taking their time...as pretty as they please like they've not a care in ther world or there couldn't possibly be someone waiting! Just kidding. Sorta...
