The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist bridge across the River Tyne linking the Gateshead arts quarter with the Newcastle upon Tyne quayside, designed by the architectural practice WilkinsonEyre with structural engineer Gifford and opened in 2001. Built as the first tilting bridge of its kind in the world, its pair of steel arches pivot together as a single structure, powered by hydraulic rams, to open a channel for river traffic in about four minutes, a motion that has earned it the nickname the Blinking Eye or Winking Eye Bridge. The design won several architecture and engineering awards.
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountGateshead, United Kingdom 2 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account Building Type
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1. Gateshead Millennium Bridge (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation- Wikipedia "Gateshead Millennium Bridge" intro (read live, w-fk-arch-rel2-0927c, R-K)
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The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist bridge across the River Tyne linking the Gateshead arts quarter with the Newcastle upon Tyne quayside, designed by the architectural practice WilkinsonEyre with structural engineer Gifford and opened in 2001. Built as the first tilting bridge of its kind in the world, its pair of steel arches pivot together as a single structure, powered by hydraulic rams, to open a channel for river traffic in about four minutes, a motion that has earned it the nickname the Blinking Eye or Winking Eye Bridge. The design won several architecture and engineering awards.
- Uses Element: Steel, Infobox material field: Steel
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Category:High-tech architecture
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Wikimedia FoundationWikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (2001)
Wikidata item Q1930127, property P1619: 2001
Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Tilt bridge)
Wikidata item Q1930127, instance of (P31): tilt bridge
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Gateshead, United Kingdom
Wikidata item Q1930127, property P131/P17 (location): Gateshead, United Kingdom
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