NEW TYNE BRIDGE
IMMENSE SINGLE SPAN KING TO OFFICIATE AT OPENING COST EXCEEDS £1,000,000 (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Rugby, October 9. The King and Queen will break their journey from Balmoral where they have recently been in residence, and open tomorrow the new Tyne bridge which spans the 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, being opened by Queen Victoria in 1849. The new bridge is intended for road traffic only. It is a high level bridge of a single span. It is 531 feet long and is the largest steel arch, yet constructed in this country, although a similar steel arch now being built over Sydney Harbour is more than three times as long. The total expenditure on the bridge and its approaches exceeds £1,000,000. —British Official Wireless.
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Southland Times, Issue 20613, 11 October 1928, Page 7
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153NEW TYNE BRIDGE Southland Times, Issue 20613, 11 October 1928, Page 7
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