Gateshead Millennium Bridge

The Gateshead Millennium Bridge - the first opening bridge to be built across the River Tyne for more than 100 years - has attracted world-wide attention because of its unique design.

The world-first design is the latest addition to the Tyne's famous collection of bridges - which have given the area one of the most instantly recognisable skylines in Europe.

The £22 million Gateshead Millennium Bridge provides a footpath and cycle-way linking ambitious new arts and cultural developments at Gateshead Quays on the south bank with Newcastle Quayside.

Gateshead Millennium Bridge is the first part of the new arts and cultural area on the south bank of the Tyne called Gateshead Quays. The Quays includes Baltic The Centre for Contemporary Art, the biggest temporary art space in Europe, and The Sage Gateshead, a pioneering international centre for musical discovery.