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The Weirdest Bridge in Wales: The Newport Transporter Bridge
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2015
- tomscott.com - / tomscott - There are only a few transporter bridges still working in the world. What are they for? Why weren't there more of them? And why don't we build them any more? Those answers and more, from an unsettlingly high position fifty metres above the River Usk.
BONUS CLIP: Me, terrified, walking across the bridge! • Bonus Clip: Walking Ac...
I've jumped off the that bridge on a zipline to raise money for charity. It wasn't until I got to the top that I realised just how high it really is (about 40 metres or so, I think) and how bloody windy it is. Hats off to you for walking across, the old structure definitely adds an element of uncertain fear!
As somebody who lives in and is from Middlesbrough I feel it is my duty to repeat what everyone else has said. There's one in Middlesbrough too! (Seriously, it's the town icon, and it lit up a beautiful blue on a night time).
Yes, I remember the revival of Auf Weidersen pet where they dismantled the bridge and rebuilt it in America. Two weeks after the finale, we all head to flamingos land and pass the Tees on the A19 and my brother said "Oh look, the Geordies bought the bridge back from America." The bus passengers laughed their heads off.
I'm always impressed with the gondola at the Newport bridge , but the old Widnes transporter bridge was the king monster 👹 bridge before it was demolished.
The Middlesbrough bridge is the most elegant iconic bridge structure.
Don't worry, yours got mentioned in the Jay Foreman video about tower bridge.
The late actor Terry Scott, so often married on screen, but not in real life to the late actress June Whitfield, was doing a play at Billingham Forum - he went across the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge, believing it to be a regular bridge in his car and drove it straight into the River Tees!
I still miss the old outro: "And *that* is something you might not have known."
I worked on the Newport transporter bridge, did the fireworks for 2000. Had a great time nice folks and the bridge cafe was ace.
Cheers
someone should make a film with a car chase on this bridge
The guys in the movie:
Good guy: Come on!!! Ahh yes I made it on! So long suckers!
Bad guy: Oh no! The bridge has driven away!? Noooo come back!
Basically a Bucklebury Ferry chase scene
Mission Impossible 7
It'd be funnier if both cars make it on, and the two drivers just? Sit in their cars making faces at each other until it reaches the other side. Peak comedy imo.
Go Orioles
The bridge in the background at 1:00 is all like: "Yeah, cool story bro" :D
I still miss the old outro the video doesn't seem finished until you say "and that is something you might not have known."
euan todd LOL I just got done typing out almost this exact comment before reading yours. Glad to see I'm not alone.
Falcrist You will never be alone. We will always be here for you.
euan todd
This is an "amazing place" though.
"and this has been a place, that is indeed amazing" ? It's hard to wax lyrical on that subject title, because it's just not as rythmic :/
Challenge issued: New outro requests.
TheActualNuttmegger
Doh, read the title. I'm stupid, ignore all of that.
TheActualNuttmegger
A Not-So-Good idea for an outro: "And that, is an amazing place"
I've been on a similar "bridge" in Rochefort, France, and it was built exactly for the same reasons, and remains as a tourist attraction :)
Me too :D im from france
"Destroying large sections of newport".....actually thats' not a bad plan......
@Chris Green no
I live there
Also it's not as dodgey as Newport
I wonder why Chrysler named their prestigious big sedan after such a place🤔
@@DrewLSsix I thought it was named after cigarettes 🤣🤣
cardiff fan
Thank you, Tom, for posting this video. It's made me take note of the bridge as we drove through Newport and today, we went up there. We really enjoyed it and although it was quite windy, the bridge felt very stable at the top, no noticeable side swings.
Well thanks. One more thing to add to my bucket list: walk across the Newport Transporter Bridge. My list was very small before 2000. And I've done most of the things on that original list. But since the internet and the explosion of information, my list is over 100 items long now. I'll never see everything I want to. Kudos Tom, for going to these places.
Imagen the swing during side winds.
Stormfox It's not that much, actually! The number of wires, and their crossover arrangement -- plus the sheer weight of it -- mean it can operate in reasonable winds without swinging all that much. In gales, of course, it's locked to the side!
***** I guess I had to pay more attention in physics classes. :-D
***** I'd be curious to see how they were able to build that 100 years ago. What sort of lifting mechanics were use to hoist that steel so high. Seems quite ahead of its time.
LeskiStation This would be childs play in comparison to the great pyramids...
LeskiStation The Sydney Harbour Bridge was built in 1923, this is hardly anything compared to that.
Why hasn't the BBC hired you yet! You are honest to god the best presenter of information I have ever seen. Very very watchable.
'You're not from Newport
I bet you've never been there either
I bet you a fiver"
- Goldie Looking Chain
In my howntown of Getxo (Spain) we actually have the world's oldest transporter bridge. I have akways loved this kind of bridges, as the engineering behind them is very interesting and they are somewhat rare to find. Very intersesting video!
From Tom's description, it feels like they are kinda stuck with the bridge these days as the other options weren't worth it due to engineering concerns and now it's too costly to replace with a tunnel, etc.
so i just watched every ingle video in the things you might not have known playlist and have to say thank you Tom scott really amazing series
I think of the Middlesbrough transporter bridge as the most famous, probably because of Billy Elliot and always seeing it if driving home on the A19
+Andrew Bulman Sure, it's more famous, but then they moved it to the americas...
@@iainhewitt we still have it here?
@@iainhewitt I'm looking at it right now. Still here.
Why would someone disassemble a practical bridge and sail it halfway across the world? I'm sure back in the day, we would have given them a good deal for a hardy bridge. The one in Sydney Harbour is a product of our craftsmanship.
@@kualajdm It was the plot of Auf Wiedersehen Pet
@@Kafeenuk yes based on what was going to happen to the Newport Transporter bridge way back.
There's something similar in Spain: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vizcaya_Bridge
I don't know why people stop making this , and made so few, I suppose it may be many reasons to stop making this wonders, so amazing and precious.
I would like once in my life to visit Wales and be on the top of that great steel monster, to feel the breeze on my face.
Hey! There’s an older one near my hometown in the Basque Country! :D
Interesting. No need to worry, we Welsh are more than happy to acknowledge anything in the Basque Country, including that you are a country.
Literally last night I discover these bridges exist and now Scott has made a video on them
Ginger Biscuit Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
Ginger Biscuit This keeps happening to me!
Ginger Biscuit This phenomenon is called the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon (it's also commonly called the frequency illusion).
raumaan kidwai You're welcome.
The youtube algorithm has evolved beyond our control
In mother Wales bridges drives you
In mother, father and unidentified Wales, Teeside and England bridges drive you
Mate everything happens in tees valley
I've been on such a bridge in Bilbao...
First thing I've known already in this whole series! Mainly because I live in South Wales
I enjoy all the videos this guy makes. such a wide range of topics too. always interesting.
We got one in my city here ist officially called the floating ferry ita underneath a railway bridge so the structure it needs is there anyway and its free to ride
That's a nice piece of engineering, but I know an even more fascinating and outstanding bridge. The Rendsburg high bridge (german Rendsburger Hochbrücke), spanned over the Kilonian canal (or how it is properly called in English) is in total about 2.5 km long and enables a railroad line to cross the canal, which connects the Baltic and North Sea. In addition, over just the waterway there is also such a flying ferry hung up to the bridge; and it's still operating also.
In Germany there is one too but over the top there is a Train Track too. It is in/at Rendsburg.
I live in Cardiff, been on this bridge a few times when I was younger, never really realised it was anything special. Just thought it was cool. Thanks for the history behind it.
Need to mention our transporter bridge in Middlesbrough. Icon of Teesside and the North East and it's still regularly used. And I think it looks better than the Newport one
Well, the Newport one is older and more iconic.
I'm from Middlesbrough but think the Newport one has by far the best gondola
I miss the Runcorn transporter bridge. One of the exciting parts of childhood trips from Halewood to Ellesmore and Chester.
I live in Portishead, which is directly opposite Newport on the other side of the Severn. The high and low tides are quite amazing. Some days you can see sandbanks, other days there's 12M of water flowing on top of them
Wow!!! This is one of my favorite videos of yours
There's a transporter bridge near where I live, and it's mounted under some elevated train tracks, which are also quite old and look pretty daunting.
+Kim Philipp Möllgaard In what city do you live?
Top Gun
I live in Flensburg, Germany, but the bridge is in Rendsburg, a bit further south.
I looked it up and they really do look pretty intimidating
My home are of Teesside has one of these bridges - also still working, The Teesside Transporter Bridge. The bridge was featured in Billy Eliot and was a central part of a Auf Wiedersehen, Pet storyline.
This looks like something someone would make in the game Bridge Constructor.
I live right near a transporter bridge in Middlesbrough in the north east of England. It's freaking huge
Also looking at the comments its great to see that there are many like minded Tom Scott fans in Middlesbrough!
I was amazed to see a tiddler Transporter Bridge in the Buenos Aires port area and it was still working.
Love the Newport one !
There's another of these bridges in Middlesborough, where I went to uni. The guy in the room opposite me in halls of residence was from Newport, he just couldn't get away from transporter bridges.
There's one of these in Middlesborough too, only I don't think they let it be used any more. A fair few years ago we drove over it. :)
I want more of these "bridges". It looks epic.
clankFilmstudios theres one in middlesbrough
Snakey866 Yes, I've been over it a few times
Thanks for the information. I didn't know a bridge like this existed. That is awesome.
you've given me so much trivial knowledge, and real life application of things one learns in school.
Hey Tom, could you do some more videos on Wales? It's nice to see my country being displayed instead of just England 😂 diolch yn fawr!
*As in on UA-cam (not your UA-cam account)*
*not your channel, just overall on youtube*
comment dda boi 😝👍
Cymru am byth!
chi beth sy'n ffrindiau
The city of Duluth, Minnesota also had a transporter bridge constructed across the Duluth Ship Canal. It opened in 1905. By 1929, the moving platform and cable mechanisms were removed and a vertical lift span was constructed across the gap at street level. The upper supporting truss for the transporter was left in place. The lift bridge raises to just beneath it. The Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge is a beloved symbol of the city, which is the furthest inland freshwater port in the world.
I've finally found a Tom Scott video that I haven't seen!
Thank you for saying "which raises the question" instead of "which begs the question"!
I live in Cardiff (very close to Newport) and I've been to that transporter bridge and gone over it loads of times.
Same here! Not Cardiff but in Monmouthshire, only place that I have been to that is in a Tom Scott video.
I love this bridge! Born and raised in Newport, still living there now. Was very disappointed when it was closed for a couple years :'( I remember when my Dad took my brothers and me to walk across the top when we were kids, I was absolutely terrified! Love that you made a video on this!
Theres a big one in Middlesbrough too, went to university there :P
It's closed.
@@grummhd3020 Honestly. Search for Tees Transporter Bridge on Wikipedia. Now have plans to repair it and open it again. Parts were falling off, so the council had to close it.
I live 5 minutes from here, I crossed this last Saturday. Shame I didn't see you there.
This looks like something I would build in Poly bridge
We've got one here in middlesbrough too!
Moctor port Clarence not boro
Moctor What's the half sunken ship nearby there for?
CallOfBrians Let's call it half and half? :)
kalcaron That's the Tuxedo Royale. Used to be a floating nightclub on the Tyne but it was moved down to Tesside and eventually abandoned.
Matthew Harrison (matthehat) you have the exact name as me sir.
How are you pumping out so many good videos from so many different places so often??
Esquire Chewington IV There was a long period in which he didn't upload videos so I assume he was filming then and is now releasing the videos.
WALES YEAH!
Great video :)
Love these things where they like “nope, it’s historical and unique so it stays”
I live in Newport, also never really knew this much about the bridge. Amazing.
There's one preserved on the river Charente near Rochefort in France, built in 1900. It was due to be demolished in the 70's, but was left alone for 2 decades. They finally dir some restorations in the 90's and opened it for pedestrians and cycles until now. Unfortunately it is now closed for 3 years to undergo torough repairs after 116 years of rust and wear.
Well I did already know about this kind of bridge... I watched Auf Wiedersehen Pet lol. (which had a fantastic cast!) But I didn't know that there was more than that one haha.
Fun and fascinating! I'd love to walk across the top and have a go down below; I've a fierce fear of heights but I challenge it whenever I can because it's a fun fear to fight.
There used to be one of these over the river Mersey between Widnes and runcorn. The catalyst museum has pictures. I believe the foundations are still there. Great to see what it would have looked like.
I remember seeing the Runcorn Transporter Bridge from the train when travelling up to Liverpool to visit my grandparents. That would be back in the 40s and 50s.
ours in middlesbrough is a bit more inposing. very nice bridges tho
It's shut.
4 years later it is still one of the best bits of Newport! I saw myself hahaha
In a place called Middlesbrough we have one like this that is over 100 years old and is blue
Thanks. Lovely stuff!
God I love this channel!
I saw a lego version of this type of brisge a couple weeks back, and now I'm recommended a seven-year-old video of an actual bridge of this type, and of course it's a Tom Scott video :)
So proud to be from Newport!
I went on the transporter bridge near Rochefort in Charente-Maritime, France. Cool experience, but hardly scary. Closed for refurbishing now, and the pandemic has messed up the reopening schedule.
I was in Newport last week for a completely different reason, but saw the bridge in the distance and had to go and have a look. Partly because it's an interesting design, and partly because Tom Scott had been there :)
It gets quite windy up on top of the bridge. I was surprised by the lack of wobble when I went over it.
where i live in stockton we have a big blue trsnsporter bridge.
OrangeAmphibian same brugh I used to be terrified to go over it
I mean I also live in Stockton and used to be terrified
Alii GG I was on a similar bridge in France. It was squeaking like crazy and I thought it would fall down into the river any second.
It's middlesbrough technically unless you count port Clarence as Stockton. The bridge next up river is called Newport bridge. Weird
I live In Northampton
Reminds me of how Duluth, Minnesota has an iconic lift bridge though this one you'd need more nerves to cross
I'm from Newport :D I know this bridge! Never knew anything about it though, thank you!
The cablestays for this bridge go directly over my business premises roof 😂
There's quite a famous one in Middlesbrough, too.
Does not work right now.
Hmm, "scared tourists to climb over".... not so good with heights, Tom?
Fascinating bridge, by the way, never heard of this sort of thing before.
I've used the transporter bridge in Bilbao but never one in UK. I love the mechanical noises it made. A normal bridge is boringly silent.
In German these bridges are acatually called "Schwebefähre" (hovering ferry)
If you want to do another neat bridge... you should come to Duluth, MN and see the Aerial Lift Bridge
We have one in Middlesbrough. You can go bungee jumping off it. It's also one of the only things we're proud of.
One of the 'only' things?...... Just let that sink in for a while.
Thank you we have one of these in IL Its not being used at the moment
Tom: you can just tunnel underground and you don’t have to demolish anything!
The ground: no one cares about me
The Nord Ostsee Kanal or Kiel Kanal in northern Germany also has atleast one of these. The one Im thinking of has a rail bridge on the top with a car "gondola" beneath.
Amazing. Cinematic.
We used to have one here in Marseille, France. Just at the end of the harbor, a big transporter bridge. But it was destroyed somewhere in the 20s I think.
My image of 100 year old technology was so wrong. I never would have guessed they were able to build structures that big that long ago.
Hobbyloosii Ever seen the colloseum?
Hobbyloosii 100 years ago was 1915 we already had cars, airplanes and phonecalls
katinjegat Good point. What I actually meant was mechanical structures, not brick ones.
1:13 'A good part of Newport.'
Pfft. Good one.
Ok that's really cool thank you for sharing!
That's really cool. I want to walk across it. Also, there's another solution to the problem - Hovercrafts!
In Rendsburg, Germany was until 2015 such an thing - In German called "Schwebefähre"
The Lift Bridge in Duluth Minnesota used to be like that before they switched to a lift bridge.
I second that! You can look on Google and Wikipedia and easily find old photos of it. It was switched in 1929-30.
Tom, you should go to the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland, I think you'd really like it
dear tom... i have to turn on the subtitles in english to understand some words you're saying ( talking faster).. but a truly love your channel and videos
I like those bridge although I like our German name more (Schwebefähre). I once used the one in Osten-Hemoor near Hamburg, that was quite nice.
I didn't realise there were so many of these bridges. Putting a lot of faith in the steel supporting cables lol!
About twenty were built worldwide; five of those were in the UK. Newport and Tees still work, though the latter is closed for repairs at the moment. The longest was between Runcorn and Widnes, it was demolished in 1961 after bringing replaced by a fixed bridge. There were two close together in Warrington, the older was a small one with a very low maximum load, which was later used as a pipe bridge. The second one was larger, but while it still exists has been disused since 1964 and is in a derelict state. Both of these were private, they linked parts of a soap and chemical works on opposite sides of the river. The second one was very unusual in that it was originally built to carry railway wagons. We almost got a sixth one in the 1990s. A new high level footbridge was built in the old Royal Docks, designed so that it could later be converted to also function as a Transporter Bridge, but this was never done and it remains purely a footbridge, which is a pity.
Buenos Aires actually had three of them, of which one survives.
The transporter bridge over the Kiel Canal in Rendsburg, Germany, was in a collision with a cargo ship on January 8, 2016. The bridge engineer and the only passenger were injured and had to be rescued with a fire brigade ladder truck placed on a canal ferry. The bridge, which has previously been nominated as a World Heritage Site, suffered severe damage and is estimated to be out of action for a full year. - ua-cam.com/video/QDoP1ejAxg8/v-deo.html
Again fascinating.
Scott, could you do a video on how rulers work?
Kombaiyashii It 's a stick with numbers on. That's how it works.
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