Quirky bridge!

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Steve F
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Quirky bridge!

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Very quirky!! The transporter bridge over the River Usk at Newport, S Wales🙂👍. Only a quid to get across too, car or bike!
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Re: Quirky bridge!

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Middlesbrough has a transporter bridge over the River Tees, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tees_Transporter_Bridge
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David. wrote: Middlesbrough has a transporter bridge over the River Tees, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tees_Transporter_Bridge

Oooh! I see your bridge up North has the luxury of a glazed viewing lift to get to the walkway on top. Us poor sods in the South have to make do with umpteen flights of stairs at both ends!!😉😂
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Re: Quirky bridge!

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The transporter bridge in Bilbao is the world's oldest, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vizcaya_Bridge
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