NEW TYNE BRIDGE
THE OPENING CEREMONY SSIFT. SINGLE SPAN (British Official Wireless.) Rec. 10 a.m. RUGBY, Oct. 10. To-day the King and Queen '-vdi break their journey from Balmoral, where they have recently been in residence. and open the new Tyne bridge, which spans iho river at Newcastle. The two existing railway bridges across the Tyne at Newcastle were also opened by Royalty, one of them, built by the great engineer, Robert Stephenson, having been opened by Queen Victoria in 1 S4t>. The new bridge is intended for road traffic only. i.i is a high level bridge of single span, it is 'allft. long, and is the largest, steel arch yet constructed in this country, although the similar steel arch now being built oyer Sydney harbor is more than three times as long. The total expenditure on the bridge and its approaches exceeds £1,000,000.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16772, 11 October 1928, Page 7
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144NEW TYNE BRIDGE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16772, 11 October 1928, Page 7
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