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unusual facts about transporter bridge



Jamie Pollock

As well as being a football manager, he is co-owner of a Glass and Glazing company based in Middlesbrough near the Transporter Bridge called Polton Glass.

Osten Transporter Bridge

Osten Transporter Bridge is an 80 metre long transporter bridge over the Oste River in Osten (Oste), Lower Saxony, Germany.

Port of Bilbao

The river banks were drained and docks were built, the river's course was straightened, the external port was enclosed, and the Puente Colgante transporter bridge was built.


see also

Aerial Lift Bridge

This type of span, which is known variously as an aerial transfer, ferry, or transporter bridge, had first been demonstrated in Bilbao's Vizcaya Bridge in 1893 and one in France in 1898.

Widnes-Runcorn Transporter Bridge

The first transporter bridge in the world had been opened in 1893 in Bilbao, Spain.