Newport Bridge, connecting Stockton and Middlesbrough across the River Tees, is a popular route for Hartlepool drivers ...

A road bridge spanning the River Tees is to close for the second summer in a row for major maintenance works.Newport Bridge, which opened in 1934, is thought to be the first vertical lift bridge in ...

The launch of a visitor attraction at Middlesbrough's iconic Transporter Bridge has been postponed due to technical problems. New facilities, including a glass viewing lift, were due to be ...

The reopening of Middlesbrough's Transporter Bridge is facing further delays after a company working on the £4m project entered administration. The 104-year-old bridge closed in August 2013 for ...

Preliminary work on the installation of glass viewing lifts on the Transporter Bridge in Middlesbrough has begun. A drilling platform is being used to test the ground 70ft (21m) below the surface ...

Lynn, 58, added: “It’s great that they have given the bridge a bit of life and it’s a good opportunity for people to come and see what Middlesbrough has to offer.

Testing has started on the gondola which is expected to be fully operational by February - but a date has not yet been set for full reopening Here is the new-look gondola at Middlesbrough’s ...

MIDDLESBROUGH'S Transporter Bridge was undergoing repairs on Friday after a technical fault. The 100-year-old bridge's gondola broke down after a gearbox failure. Specialist engineers were on site ...

After long delays, Middlesbrough's iconic Transporter Bridge will finally be back in action next week following the near-completion of the biggest overhaul in its 103-year history.

THE Tees Transporter Bridge has been closed to allow essential repairs and maintenance to be carried out. During a routine inspection it was established that further structural work is required to ...

In 1999, I was one of those students, and the memory that will always stick with me is seeing the Transporter Bridge – Middlesbrough folk simply call it "The Transporter" – straddling the Tees.

The reopening of Middlesbrough's Transporter Bridge faces further delays after a company working on the £4m project entered administration.