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Links about the transporter bridge
The French designer of the Transporter Bridge, Ferdinand Arnodin, the son of a bridge inspector was born in 1845 and a contemporary of Gustav Eiffel, builder of the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Arnodin was invited by the Newport Borough Engineer, Robert Haynes, to design a bridge along the lines of his 'Arial Ferry' at Rouen in France, to overcome the problems of moving traffic and pedestrians across the busy shipping lanes of the River Usk.
It cost £98,124 and was opened by Lord Tredegar on the 12th September 1906. Newport's bridge is one of the last remaining transporter bridges still in daily operation, it is a Grade 1 Listed Structure and a prominent feature on the Newport skyline. There are only seven other similar bridges throughout the world, and the Newport Transporter Bridge is arguably the finest of its kind.
It's towers stand 645 feet apart on opposite banks of the Usk and rise 242 feet above road level. An electric powered gondola, suspended from a wheeled overhead gantry by wires, is pulled by motorised steel cable and carries motor vehicles and foot passengers across the river Usk at fifteen minute intervals.
View a photo album of the Transporter Bridge
Friends of the Newport Transporter Bridge
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Newport City Council website devoted to the
Transporter Bridge
Newport City Council home
page
Factual website with lots of photo galleries. transporter-bridge.co.uk
Enjoy the BBC
Panoramic Tour of the Transporter Bridge
See the BBC
Photogallery and send an E-Card to your friends
Gathering
the Jewels the website for Welsh Cultural History with many historical
pictures
See Map
location for the bridge
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04 Sept 2006
From the semi-natural ancient woodlands of Coed Wen and Plas Machen to the meadows at Llanmartin and the wet pastures and reen systems of the Levels, Newport has a wealth of habitats and wildlife. You can find out more by meetingNewport's Countryside Team at Crow Point Festival.
One thing you shouldn't miss if you come to the festival by bike is the Newport Wetlands Reserve. The Reserve was created as compensation for the loss of habitat caused by the building of the barrage in Cardiff Bay. Reedbeds, lowland wet grassland, saline lagoons, and saltmarsh have been created over 438.6 ha between Uskmouth and Goldcliff.
04 Sept 2006
After a hearing on Monday 4th September Crow Point Festival has a full licence for the 16th and 17th September. Crow Point is the first large scale event of its sort to get a licence in Newport since the new licensing act was introduced.
The festival organisers are delighted to have received this piece of good news. We would like to remind the public that no cars are allowed on site and that last entrance on both days will be at 7.30pm. For more information on opening times and admission requirements please click here. Enjoy the free festival!!
18 Sept 2006
Over the weekend of Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September close to 14,000 attended the free attractions in Coronation Park. After a delayed start we saw 5,300 on Saturday and a further 8,500 on Sunday. More information will appear on the website over the next weekend. In the meantime Crow Point organisers would like to thank our team of workers, our sponsors and supporters, our traders and the public of Newport for making this such a great event.
04 Sept 2006
On Saturday 16th September the festival programme includes a late-season produce show. This the first horticultural and produce show in the centre of Newport for many years.
The produce show marks and supports the renewed interest in gardening and healthy eating in the City. The schedule of competition classes, which are aimed at both novice and expert growers, is now available to download by clicking here . For further information contact Sara Walsh on 01633 665989 (evenings) or at saras.garden@ntlworld.com .
31st July 2006
Crow Point will be one of the fundraising events to support Mayor Miqdad Al-Nuaimi's two chosen charities: Growing Space and the Campaign to Restore St Woolos Cathedral.
Crow Point will help these two causes by giving them the excluive rights to collect money at the festival. Please click here for more.
