Swing Bridge

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Swing Bridge is a historic movable road bridge in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, that spans the River Tyne and can rotate to allow ships to pass.

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Label Occurrences
Swing Bridge canonical 4

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic structure ⓘ
listed building ⓘ
movable bridge ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ
canRotate yes ⓘ
carries pedestrians ⓘ
road traffic ⓘ
connects Gateshead ⓘ
Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1868 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses River Tyne ⓘ
currentPowerSource electric motors ⓘ
designer Sir W. G. Armstrong & Company ⓘ
engineer William George Armstrong ⓘ
linked to: William Armstrong
followedBy Tyne Bridge ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem WGS84 ⓘ
hasFunction allows ships to pass by rotating ⓘ
provides road crossing over River Tyne ⓘ
hasLength approximately 171 metres ⓘ
hasMainSpan approximately 85 metres ⓘ
hasNumberOfLanes 2 ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpans 2 ⓘ
hasWidth approximately 14 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade II* listed building ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1976 ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1876 ⓘ
isTouristAttraction yes ⓘ
locatedInHeritageArea Tyne Gorge ⓘ
location England ⓘ
Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
Tyne and Wear ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
maintainedBy Gateshead Council ⓘ
Newcastle City Council ⓘ
materialUsed steel ⓘ
wrought iron ⓘ
movableSpanType swing ⓘ
movementMechanism hydraulic power ⓘ
openingDate 1876 ⓘ
originalPowerSource hydraulic engines ⓘ
partOf crossings of the River Tyne ⓘ
precededBy High Level Bridge ⓘ
region North East England ⓘ
replaced Old Tyne Bridge ⓘ
linked to: Tyne Bridge
rotationAxis central pier ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

River Tyne → crossedBy → Swing Bridge ⓘ
Newcastle upon Tyne → hasRiverCrossing → Swing Bridge ⓘ
subject linked to: New Castle, England
High Level Bridge → locatedNear → Swing Bridge ⓘ