Gateshead Millennium Bridge
The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge spanning the River Tyne between Gateshead arts quarter on the south bank and Newcastle upon Tyne's Quayside area on the north bank.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mike1024, Public domain.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge spanning the River Tyne in England between Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne
- Also known as: “Blinking Eye Bridge” and “Winking Eye Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and The Glasshouse.
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
Arts center
Photo: 06benste, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art is a centre for contemporary art located on the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. It hosts a frequently changing variety of exhibitions, events, and educational programmes with no permanent exhibition. Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art is situated 450 feet east of Gateshead Millennium Bridge.
The Glasshouse
Arts center
Photo: William Nicholson, CC BY 2.0.
The Glasshouse is an international centre for musical education and concerts on the Gateshead bank of Quayside in northern England. Opened in 2004 as Sage Gateshead and occupied by North Music Trust, the venue's original name honours a patron: the accountancy software company The Sage Group. The Glasshouse is situated 860 feet southwest of Gateshead Millennium Bridge.
St James’ Park
Stadium
Photo: Arne mueseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
St James' Park is a football stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is the home of Newcastle United. With a seating capacity of 52,264, it is the 9th largest football stadium in England. St James’ Park is situated 1 mile northwest of Gateshead Millennium Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Battlefield and Gateshead.
Gateshead
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear in the northeast of England. It stands on the south bank of the River Tyne looking across to Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank.
Newcastle upon Tyne
Photo: Tagishsimon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city in Tyne and Wear in the north-east of England. It's an industrial but lively, cultural place on the north bank of the River Tyne, with a population of just over 300,000 in 2019, and another half a million residing in its outlying areas.
Gateshead Millennium Bridge
- Categories: tilt bridge, footbridge, and transportation
- Location: Gateshead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.96966° or 54° 58′ 11″ northLongitude
-1.59984° or 1° 35′ 59″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
9C6WXC92+V3OpenStreetMap ID
way 560206588OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Gateshead Millennium Bridge” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جسر جيتس هيد ميلينيوم”
- Arabic: “جسر غيتسهيد ميلينيوم”
- Armenian: “Հազարամյակի կամուրջ”
- Armenian: “Միլենիում կամուրջ (Գեյթսհեդ)”
- Armenian: “Միլենիում կամուրջ”
- Bulgarian: “Милениум мост”
- Chinese: “盖茨黑德千禧桥”
- Czech: “Gateshead Millennium Bridge”
- Dutch: “Gateshead Millennium Bridge”
- French: “Gateshead Millennium Bridge”
- French: “Pont du Millénaire de Gateshead”
- French: “Pont du Millenium”
- German: “Blinking Eye”
- German: “Gateshead Millennium Bridge”
- German: “Millennium Bridge”
- Hebrew: “גשר המילניום גייטסהד”
- Italian: “Gateshead Millennium Bridge”
- Japanese: “ゲーツヘッド･ミレニアム･ブリッジ”
- Kazakh: “Миллениум көпірі”
- Korean: “게이츠헤드 밀레니엄 브리지”
- Persian: “پل گیت شید”
- Polish: “Gateshead Millennium Bridge”
- Russian: “Gateshead Millennium Bridge”
- Russian: “Миллениум (мост)”
- Russian: “Мост Миллениум (Гейтсхед)”
- Russian: “Мост Миллениум”
- Russian: “Мост Тысячелетия”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gateshead Millennium Bridge”
- Slovak: “Gateshead Millennium Bridge”
- Slovenian: “Most tisočletja, Gateshead”
- Slovenian: “Most tisočletja”
- Spanish: “puente del Milenio”
- Spanish: “Puente del Milenio”
- Swedish: “Milleniumbron”
- Swedish: “Millenniumbron, Newcastle”
- Swedish: “Millenniumbron”
- Ukrainian: “Міст Міленіум (Гейтсхед)”
- Ukrainian: “Міст Міленіум”
- Welsh: “Pont Mileniwm Gateshead”
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