Newport Transporter Bridge

Newport Transporter Bridge
The bridge viewed from Coronation Park
Coordinates	51°34′14″N 2°59′08″W / 51.57064°N 2.98556°W / 51.57064; -2.98556
Carries	Motor vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians including buses and multi sized lorries.
Crosses	River Usk
Locale	Newport, Wales
Official name	Newport Transporter Bridge
Maintained by	Newport City Council
Heritage status	Grade I
Characteristics
Design	Transporter bridge
Total length	236m (774.28 ft)
Width	Three cars (gondola) (total width 108 ft / 33 m)
Longest span	196.56m (644.88 ft)
History
Designer	Ferdinand Arnodin
Opened	12 September 1906
Statistics
Toll	Adult Single – £1.50 Adult Return – £2.00 Child Single – 50p Child Return – £1.00 Day Ticket (inc. unlimited trips on the gondola and walking across the top of the bridge) – £4.00[1]
Location

The Newport Transporter Bridge (Welsh: Pont Gludo Casnewydd) is a transporter bridge that crosses the River Usk in Newport, South East Wales. The bridge is the lowest crossing on the River Usk. It is a Grade I listed structure.

It is one of fewer than 10 transporter bridges that remain in use worldwide; only a few dozen were ever built. It is one of only two operational transporter bridges in Britain, the other being the Tees Transporter Bridge.