High Level Bridge

This is the high level bridge, linking Newcastle and Gateshead.

Below is knicked from a well known website:

Designed by Robert Stephenson and built between 1847 and 1849, it is the first major example of a wrought iron tied arch or bow-string girder bridge. It is a fine and long standing engineering solution to a difficult problem; the spanning of 1,337 feet (408 m) of river valley, including 512 feet (156 m) across water. The High Level Bridge has six river spans of 125 feet (38 m) length, sitting on masonry piers 46 by 16 feet (14 by 4.9 m) in section and up to 131 feet (40 m) height. There are also four land spans on each side, of 36 feet 3 inches. The single carriageway road and pedestrian walkways occupy the lower deck of the spans, 85 feet (26 m) above the high water mark, and the railway the upper deck 112 feet (34 m) above the high water mark. The total weight of the structure is 5,000 tons.

This bridge carries me across the water twice every day, apart from during the summer months, when i drop down onto the quayside, to add an extra climb to my commute.

Head is better today, although motivation is lacking somewhat....

Thanks for yesterdays comments, thoroughly undeserved!