90 Years of the Tyne Bridge

#OTD 1928 King George V officially opened the Tyne Bridge. During the 90 years since, this bridge has truly become iconic. A great steel arch, a fulcrum of Newcastle, of Tyneside and the wider North East. Steel work spanning the Tyne gorge, binding north to south. Rivets hammered by laid-off dock workers, the spirit of a Geordie ship... OUR BELOVED TYNE BRIDGE