Bamboo Bridge at SummerTyne
An eighth bridge to be built across the Tyne in Newcastle will be made out of 20 tonnes of bamboo from China. In the year the Tyne Bridge turns 80, a company called Bambuco has been commissioned to create a new landmark structure spanning the river as part of the annual SummerTyne festival.
The completed bridge will then be on show to the public from Fri 18 – Sun 20 July, marking the first weekend of SummerTyne, Newcastle and Gateshead's festival of music and art.
The bridge will reach from the grounds of HMS Calliope in Gateshead across to the Law Courts between the Tyne and Gateshead Millennium Bridge.
A couple of large Panoramas. These images have been heavily compressed to save download times. Click for biggery.
A handful of photos from last night. Please excuse the quality as I use a cheap camera and I could'nt take my tripod with me.
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A slideshow of some of the many photgraphs I've taken taken of the Bamboo Bridge.
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So /that's/ what it is. Gosh, I'll be going down there at lunchtime, will take a closer look!
I might catch you up down there as I'll be there around 1 ish.
Cracking work bonny lad!
Keep it up.
Regards
Angelus71
Thanks. :)
Good set of images showing progression of build. Well done mate. You have a very informative site and thanks for sharing your vast knowledge of the area.
Thanks. :) I'm glad you enjoy your visits. I've been spending a bit more time than usual on this site lately so watch out for more regular posts.
great night time shots of the Bridge .. Mine weren't that good. I went on the Saturday and it started raining. half of my images had raindrops on them as my umbrella wasn't covering properly after i found out too late when i opened them on the computer LOL
They were not too great originally bit Paint Shop Pro helped me fix them.
I'm afraid I left when the rain started so I never got any shots of the middle bit lit up! I'd almost died of boredom by then anyway. :)
loved the photos, especially night ones, video also great.did go to see bridge in prgress, but wasnt impressed,more impressed with photos.
Thanks, it was all a little dull really was'nt it? :)
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