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Newport Transporter Bridge (www.newporttransporterbridge.com) is an online resource dedicated to one of Wales’s most iconic landmarks — the Newport Transporter Bridge, a magnificent cantilevered crossing that spans the River Usk in the city of Newport.
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- 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.
- Other Bridges: Erlebnisbrücke, Germany
Near Mönchengladbach, a tiny suspended ferry crosses the Niers, powered by its passengers. It is a very different relative of Newport's Transporter Bridge, built on the same idea.
- Other Bridges: Aerial Lift Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth's famous Aerial Lift Bridge began life in 1905 as a Transporter bridge, a year before Newport's. It was later rebuilt to lift its deck, and it is still working today.