Other Bridges: Puente Nicolás Avellaneda
Buenos Aires has a lift bridge with a Transporter gondola built into it. It stands beside the city's older Transporter Bridge, and it is a rare hybrid among the world's river crossings.
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Restoration Works and the Future of the Transporter Bridge
Recent restoration work on Newport's Transporter Bridge is about more than repairs. It aims to secure a working, welcoming piece of industrial heritage for the next century.
Other Bridges: Warrington Transporter Bridge
Warrington's Transporter Bridge over the Mersey is the only surviving example built to carry railway wagons. It has stood idle since the 1960s, but it is one of Newport's three surviving UK relatives.
Other Bridges: Marseille Transporter Bridge
Marseille's great Transporter Bridge once towered over the Old Port. It was built by Ferdinand Arnodin, who also shaped Newport's bridge, and it was lost to war in 1944.
How the Transporter Bridge Gondola Crosses the River Usk
Newport's Transporter Bridge carries traffic on a gondola hung from a high-level girder rather than a fixed deck. Here is how that remarkable crossing works.
Other Bridges: Rouen Transporter Bridge
Rouen's Transporter Bridge crossed the Seine from 1899 until it was destroyed in 1940. It was the work of Ferdinand Arnodin, the engineer behind Newport's bridge.