Gateshead Millennium Bridge Rotation

Here’s something pretty amazing. The Gatehead Millennium Bridge is located in Newcastle/Gateshead, England and goes over the Tyne River. It was designed by Wilkinson Eyre and was built and lifted into place on November 20, 2000. It cost about $14M to make.

It features six 450mm diameter Hydraulic rams which rotates the bridge 40 degrees to let ships sail underneath and pedestrians cross over top. It takes about four and a half minutes for the bridge to go through one rotation cycle depending on the wind speed. The bridge won many awards and is just fun to watch (If not in person then on video).