Old steel on a new Morning

Driving past this lovely bridge this morning seeing it all bathed in early morning sun shine caused me to be late for work I think it was worth it.

A brief bit of history

Parliamentary approval was obtained in 1900, construction started in 1902 and was completed by 12 September 1906 when the new bridge was opened by Viscount Tredegar.

The Newport Transporter Bridge is arguably the finest of its kind, the towers standing 645 feet apart and rising 242 feet above road level It is electrically powered, the gondola being pulled across by a cable wound round a drum in the motor house on the East bank at a maximum speed of 10 feet per second.

for further information you can visit

FRIENDS OF NEWPORT TRANSPORTER BRIDGE (FONTB) web site which I have plagiarized for the above info.