Transporter bridge info

Information about the Newport transporter bridge.Newport Transporter Bridge.

The Newport transporter bridge is a bridge, which crosses the river Usk in Newport. It was built in the year 1906, it was a design from a French engineer Ferdinand Arnodin. Godfrey Charles Morgan, 1st viscount Tredegar who was on a British Army officer, opened it and he also was a politician, he opened the Transporter bridge on the 12th of September 1906.

The Newport transporter bridge was designed because of the riverbanks of the Usk being to low, this bridge allows ships to pass through with ease. The Newport transporter bridge is the largest transporter bridge made out of the 8, which were made; also it’s the oldest kind of bridge left in the UK.

Still to this day the transporter bridge is one of the most recognisable symbol of Newport. The bridge was also used for charity events such as abseiling; it was used for the Millennium celebrations of 2000 for the firework show.

In the early 1995 the transporter bridge was shutdown because of wear and tear, it cost about £3 million to refurbishment, after the refurbishment it was opened in same year 1905, but in 2007 the transporter bridge was closed to carry out more refurbishments which cost £1.225 million which took till 2010 to re open, again in 2011 the bridge was closed down this time because of service problems.