To all the naysayers saying its a waste of money, I'll just state this The Millennium bridge represents Newcastle and Gateshead's industrial past and is in homage to the Tyne bridge. Newcastle was a key player in the industrial revolution (shipbuilding, coal mining and important inventions). With the turn of the century, The Millennium bridge signifies old and new, with its clever tilt (first of its kind) and its sleek modern design representing change. Sure there are cheaper easier bridges to make but this means more than a simple bridge, it represents Newcastle and Gateshead.
Like the Angel of the North that still doesn’t stop it being a waste of public money, you know money that would have been better spent on say I don’t know....the NHS, that’s the thing about people who are for projects like this. They’re very good at spending the working classes hard earned money.
@@garethedwards5799 Okay when your a ruler you can decide not to have monuments/unique architecture. Until then we have little to 0 say on such matters. In an ideal world, money would be used properly to fund the NHS, well here we are. Anyways what is the alternative, no bridge or a cheap concrete slab? I know what I would choose and that would be what we have currently something to be proud of where I'm from.
@@HerpyDerp1998 I live currently where you’re from, no one had a say, it was your local government, at the time if I remember right “Labour” and there were already bridges? Or does the Tyne bridge not exist? and the swing bridge? does that not exist? again and I reiterate the public money spent on both projects would have been better spent elsewhere, but like you stated no one got a say...
Saw this in an episode of _Vera_ and wanted to hear more about it. It was stationary but didn't take long to figure out that it was a new kind of way to make for boat clearance. Great!
At first I wondered what was the point of the bridge...then I saw the disabled parking spots right there and noticed two clear lanes run across the bridge. This is an interesting solution for wheelchair access across the river. A simple arch bridge would be too steep for safe crossing on a wheelchair.
+vincent7520 it's not pointless. It's designed to compliment the iconic Tyne bridge a few hundred yards away. The design here is a homage to the original. It's a perfect design- it's not humped, so pedestrians can easily cross and in particular wheelchair users, it still allows boats to pass, and is visually interesting.
Plus submersible bridges have wet, slippery surfaces when first raised. Don't forget this is a river, not a canal, so has a dish shaped river bed that shifts and changes, would be hard to design a submersible bridge that follows ever changing contours. And anyway the corinthian canal bridge is incredibly ugly- just a series of girders and planks. Clever but ugly.
@sm vanwers. There were certain rules in place. Nothing was allowed to be built on the quayside, so that ruled out a regular bridge. It's a pedestrian and cycles only bridge and the height of the ramp had to be fairly flat in order to allow access for wheelchairs. So in order to meet these requirements, this was the design they came up with.
The Falkirk Wheel had an economic purpose - the movement of goods. This bridge combines many important features; * it's a 3 times longer span than necessary, so uses 3 times the materials at 3 times the cost, * a moveable bridge is far more complex - and expensive to build - than a fixed span, * a moveable bridge has a much higher maintenance and repair cost than a fixed span, * a moveable bridge has running costs - trained operators and energy to move it. Clearly they've maximised the construction, maintenance, repair and running costs. This is not merely a one-time waste of money, this is an ongoing drain on the economy: a financial weeping-sore.
I lived at Newcastle upon Tyne for eight years and I must say I spent many hours walking past the two large pins holding the old Arched Newcastle Bridge. Large projects are awesome and this new bridge is quite an engineering accomplishment. I do not think much of the London Millenium bridge which galloped a lot and oscillated a lot where so much more money had to be spent to stabilise it. The designer seem to have misused those suspension cables in a catenary form which is unstable really. Triangles needed to be introduced to stabilise the system.
Imagine that you're in your wheelchair, in the middle of the bridge, and the horns go off and lights flash, then you're the last person on the thing, pumping like hell....
Interesting, but what happens if some poor slow poke is in the middle of the bridge when it needs to go up? Do they just let it dump them if they can't hang on for dear life?
It's pretty & great engineering. But what's the need for this? Why not just build a bridge that has a higher clearance over the river? It wouldn't need to move at all.
Its a lazyness thing.. walk up and over or wait a few minutes and take the curve. I get the idea of the bridge. I just dont see the sense in the money it had to take to save some peoples energy
@@krashd ever hear of a ramp? or an elevator? That's a pretty sizable chip you've got there on your shoulder. And btw, I'm pretty sure there are still plenty of places in the UK that aren't wheelchair accessible still. So while you're removing that chip, maybe step down off your high horse as well. ;-)
Plus with the big curve in this to allow it to tilt properly means when it's in situ, you cannot go straight across, you're going twice as far so ppl like me in a wheelchair would be doubly knackered.
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It's a clever tourist attraction, but it opens v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y so I don't imagine it opens often. It does allow for a level crossing, and it probably didn't cost more than other types of lift bridges.
And somewhere on the other side of the bridge a walker was said to have heard the "Jeopardy game show theme music" in 5,4,3,2,1...Aaawwwhh still not down..play the music again..that's better.
Some designer got a bunch of idiots to pay for his art. A more practical bridge would have worked better and cost less. Good designers can make things that are functional and good looking at the same time
Remember the days when bridges allowed unhindered crossing overhead at the same as allowing unhindered passage underneath? Well, futuristic engineering, modern materials, electronics and design has changed all that. Now, bridge technology let's you wait while others pass underneath, and to make the crossing, you travel further than the distance of the gap. Extra energy required to make the crossing, extra energy required to rotate the bridge. Interesting concept, but is this use of technology taking us forwards, or backwards? Why aren't there more bridges like this?
You don't get it do you? I'm not comparing the costs of iPhones and bridges, I'm saying the "waste of money" argument can equally well be played on their phones, since you can easily find ones far cheaper with the same functionality. Just like what they say about bridges.
+Jam Bear Studios I am stupid but less than you are : do you really think that I do not know what a bridge is ???… Even a lifting bride. Simply this whole contraption for doing something very simple (a lifting bridge have been in existence since the Middle Ages in Holland) seems to me the invention of the wheel. In other words a waste of money (and not very beautiful at that, but that is a personal opinion).
"Nice but for what" Well you obviously didn't know what a bridge is, this bridge is for people to go over and boats to go under, and plus, more people obviously have a better opinion than you.
What's the point? I admit I am not familiar with this river, but how wide is the largest boat that would ever want to go under this bridge? Wouldn't a simpler draw bridge be faster and cheaper? Anyway: www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/gmb.html
Don't take your eyes off the screen because you might miss something sorry we're not all like you we don't miss it over and over again just to figure it out a Millennial later
Why does it need to go any faster? It probably only opens a handful of times a month, boats don't exactly move fast so plenty of time to open it as they approach. Plus to open faster would require vast, ugly hydraulics or motors so large they would dim the lights across the whole city!
Not worth the performance, I'm not even going to google what it cost. Is it purely a footbridge? From the grotty looking buildings over the other side, I can't see who would want to cross, I suppose it's just fun for those with nowt better to do who can stand on this side to watch. It's too slow and hideously lovely. They could gave done a modern day take on the swing bridge...but just for pedestrians maybe. They way that thing curves, if you go to cross over, you cannot go straight across so you're going twice as far and that would knacker me in my wheelchair.
There were certain rules in place. Nothing was allowed to be built on the quayside, so that ruled out a regular bridge. It's a pedestrian and cycles only bridge and the height of the ramp had to be fairly flat in order to allow access for wheelchairs. So in order to meet these requirements, this was the design they came up with.
Not with the rules they had to stick to. There were certain rules in place. Nothing was allowed to be built on the quayside, so that ruled out a regular bridge. It's a pedestrian and cycles only bridge and the height of the ramp had to be fairly flat in order to allow access for wheelchairs. So in order to meet these requirements, this was the design they came up with.
Wow! Beautiful bridge! Again, THEY WILL NEVER CONCEIVE OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN NEW AMERIKA! (Not enough imagination -- or profit motive)! Simply amazing how these new (and old) engineering wonders around the planet are in place or being restored! But in New Amerika only the .0001% fat wealthy shitbags can afford do this sort of stuff, most other Americans are only shopping at strip malls or at home in poverty! Amerika has really not advanced much since 1970's!
+Danilo Peterson Oh I don't know, maybe the space shuttle, cell phones, GPS for the US military which we GIVE FREELY TO THE WORLD, and should turn OFF to ALL countries who support terrorists, and....umm....oh yes I remember now, NASA also came up with the INTERNET. Those are just a few things that the USA came up with since the 80's. Keep your bridge and we'll keep all our stuff too.
+wjf213 "your" internet wouldn't work without British invented computers, the World Wide Web, RAM. Going right back to basics we invented electro magnetic power generation- kind of essential for running stuff. A few more for you- submarines, incandescent light, the telephone, television, vaccination, steam engines, railways, the worlds first underground railway, underwater tunnelling, jet engines, supersonic passenger aircraft, radar. I could go on all day but as countless will testify you can't educate an idiot.
Meh, I guess it's okay. What I'm screaming about is how damn long those small boats that cause all this nonsense to happen is just taking their time...as pretty as they please like they've not a care in ther world or there couldn't possibly be someone waiting! Just kidding. Sorta...
An utterly foolish and impractical design, considering superior and practical alternatives. And is this bridge only used by pedestrians? Your 'millenium' is a misspelling for millennium....
Amazing, unique bridge in the world 👍
A very aptly named bridge - it takes a millennium to open.
To all the naysayers saying its a waste of money, I'll just state this
The Millennium bridge represents Newcastle and Gateshead's industrial past and is in homage to the Tyne bridge. Newcastle was a key player in the industrial revolution (shipbuilding, coal mining and important inventions). With the turn of the century, The Millennium bridge signifies old and new, with its clever tilt (first of its kind) and its sleek modern design representing change.
Sure there are cheaper easier bridges to make but this means more than a simple bridge, it represents Newcastle and Gateshead.
Like the Angel of the North that still doesn’t stop it being a waste of public money, you know money that would have been better spent on say I don’t know....the NHS, that’s the thing about people who are for projects like this.
They’re very good at spending the working classes hard earned money.
@@garethedwards5799 Okay when your a ruler you can decide not to have monuments/unique architecture. Until then we have little to 0 say on such matters. In an ideal world, money would be used properly to fund the NHS, well here we are. Anyways what is the alternative, no bridge or a cheap concrete slab? I know what I would choose and that would be what we have currently something to be proud of where I'm from.
@@HerpyDerp1998 I live currently where you’re from, no one had a say, it was your local government, at the time if I remember right “Labour” and there were already bridges? Or does the Tyne bridge not exist? and the swing bridge? does that not exist? again and I reiterate the public money spent on both projects would have been better spent elsewhere, but like you stated no one got a say...
That's very cool but I think the Tacoma Narrows bridge offers a more exciting ride.
+shananagans5 Ha ha, very good
Only once, sadly.
Saw this in an episode of _Vera_ and wanted to hear more about it. It was stationary but didn't take long to figure out that it was a new kind of way to make for boat clearance.
Great!
At first I wondered what was the point of the bridge...then I saw the disabled parking spots right there and noticed two clear lanes run across the bridge. This is an interesting solution for wheelchair access across the river. A simple arch bridge would be too steep for safe crossing on a wheelchair.
good joke
Heh! The Cyclist at 2:12 : "Oh, shite, it's up. Have to take the other bridge."
No doubt about the ride but you really have to give credit to the Brits for designThis thing is beautiful..
just the irony... the 'brits' get something right??? getthefuckouttahere, they're finished, dude.
The submersible bridge concept like the one one the Corinthian canal is more elegant to me.
Agree 200%
Very true, this is very pointless.
+vincent7520 it's not pointless. It's designed to compliment the iconic Tyne bridge a few hundred yards away. The design here is a homage to the original. It's a perfect design- it's not humped, so pedestrians can easily cross and in particular wheelchair users, it still allows boats to pass, and is visually interesting.
Plus submersible bridges have wet, slippery surfaces when first raised. Don't forget this is a river, not a canal, so has a dish shaped river bed that shifts and changes, would be hard to design a submersible bridge that follows ever changing contours. And anyway the corinthian canal bridge is incredibly ugly- just a series of girders and planks. Clever but ugly.
I'm very surprised to find out submersible bridges would even be needed given how deep the canal cuts into the isthmus's sedimentary composition!?!
Brilliant engineering!
Brilliant engineering, yes. But an ill-conceived design.
@sm vanwers. There were certain rules in place. Nothing was allowed to be built on the quayside, so that ruled out a regular bridge. It's a pedestrian and cycles only bridge and the height of the ramp had to be fairly flat in order to allow access for wheelchairs. So in order to meet these requirements, this was the design they came up with.
This bridge and the Falkirk Wheel - genius.
Jonathan Peden yep the Falkirk bridge is astounding.
The Falkirk Wheel had an economic purpose - the movement of goods.
This bridge combines many important features;
* it's a 3 times longer span than necessary, so uses 3 times the materials at 3 times the cost,
* a moveable bridge is far more complex - and expensive to build - than a fixed span,
* a moveable bridge has a much higher maintenance and repair cost than a fixed span,
* a moveable bridge has running costs - trained operators and energy to move it.
Clearly they've maximised the construction, maintenance, repair and running costs. This is not merely a one-time waste of money, this is an ongoing drain on the economy: a financial weeping-sore.
oh, and it's an obstruction to shipping, so it's an obstruction to economic activity.
Falkirk wheel is still cooler and tbh looks more advanced regardless of more materials used etc, that meant nothing.
@@hermitoldguy6312 there's no major shipping that requires passage to the West of this bridge any more so your point is without substance.
I lived at Newcastle upon Tyne for eight years and I must say I spent many hours walking past the two large pins holding the old Arched Newcastle Bridge. Large projects are awesome and this new bridge is quite an engineering accomplishment. I do not think much of the London Millenium bridge which galloped a lot and oscillated a lot where so much more money had to be spent to stabilise it. The designer seem to have misused those suspension cables in a catenary form which is unstable really. Triangles needed to be introduced to stabilise the system.
If I don't take my eyes off the screen I may fall asleept.
Oops. Almost missed the yacht going through!
@@brian9618 ;)))
the swing and high level are iconic also the royal albert and the forth rail bridge
Amazing 👌
Imagine that you're in your wheelchair, in the middle of the bridge, and the horns go off and lights flash, then you're the last person on the thing, pumping like hell....
You should have plenty of time to wheel off!
Interesting, but what happens if some poor slow poke is in the middle of the bridge when it needs to go up? Do they just let it dump them if they can't hang on for dear life?
Yes, survival of the fittest.
Really nice design.Its worth spendded money on it.
It's pretty & great engineering. But what's the need for this? Why not just build a bridge that has a higher clearance over the river? It wouldn't need to move at all.
Phildog1 Cost.
Its a lazyness thing.. walk up and over or wait a few minutes and take the curve. I get the idea of the bridge. I just dont see the sense in the money it had to take to save some peoples energy
In the UK we don't fuck over anyone in a wheelchair like other countries do, they are citizens too.
@@krashd ever hear of a ramp? or an elevator? That's a pretty sizable chip you've got there on your shoulder. And btw, I'm pretty sure there are still plenty of places in the UK that aren't wheelchair accessible still. So while you're removing that chip, maybe step down off your high horse as well. ;-)
Grandma was slow, but she was old.
bridge cleaning day. now go to each end and sweep up the dirt
Never mind that, go in the river and collect all the coins that rolled off.
Hope nobody's in a hurry.
You might not wanna cross the red light on this one :D
When I saw the thumbnail, I thought the both of arch rise up like batterfly...
beautiful though.
Batterfly yum yum
if this is a pedestrian bridge, why didn't they build it high enough to allow boats through without needing to tilt?
Because that's no fun
Standard nnn bingo! That's just what I was thinking! Yes, it's impressive but wow is it impractical and necessary!
Plus with the big curve in this to allow it to tilt properly means when it's in situ, you cannot go straight across, you're going twice as far so ppl like me in a wheelchair would be doubly knackered.
Too many fat tourists.
The elderly and wheelchairs.
ITS LIKE WATCHING PAINT DRY! OH GOD!
It takes all of 3 minutes to go up, just sing your favorite song while you're waiting.
very nic
Прикольный мостик!
Damn I didn't know that such exciting things like these exit.
Victorian engineering was better
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It's a clever tourist attraction, but it opens v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y so I don't imagine it opens often. It does allow for a level crossing, and it probably didn't cost more than other types of lift bridges.
Sloooooooow!
Здорово! Надо же такое придумать🤔
sweet bridge very clever indeed
The Cecil The Turtle 🐢 Memorial Bridge Ladies and Gentlemen!😅😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😁🫨🫡
Мне кажется или через такую реку дешевле построить переход с эскалаторами???
sarcasm achievement unlocked!
Do cars actually use this bridge? If not then what's it for?🤔
Pedestrians and cyclists.
At 5:18 a hobo falls out of the underside.
And somewhere on the other side of the bridge a walker was said to have heard the "Jeopardy game show theme music" in 5,4,3,2,1...Aaawwwhh still not down..play the music again..that's better.
TheRiceowlex r u like 80 years old
bel ponte mobile, purtroppo in Italia non lo avremo mai
It´s a great bridge, really brilliant engineering but in my opinion completely useless for that tiny river!!!
Yeah, I so loved more the time we had to wade through it.
Dominik Gierth how tf we going cross it than
Nice
????? Yes it is beautiful but is it practical ?
nessa distancia uma passarela alta seria muito mais eficiente ...
When this bridge fails mid tilt one day it will do so catastrophically.
The cyclist at 2:12, “I can make that! No, I can’t.”
I wanted to run across as it was going up.
Whoop deee dooooo
เท่ดี แจ๊วดี นะนะจ๊ะ
There are no new bridges in America!
Some designer got a bunch of idiots to pay for his art. A more practical bridge would have worked better and cost less. Good designers can make things that are functional and good looking at the same time
Pretty to look at but impractical , For so many reasons .
And yet it works perfectly and has done for years...
Remember the days when bridges allowed unhindered crossing overhead at the same as allowing unhindered passage underneath? Well, futuristic engineering, modern materials, electronics and design has changed all that. Now, bridge technology let's you wait while others pass underneath, and to make the crossing, you travel further than the distance of the gap. Extra energy required to make the crossing, extra energy required to rotate the bridge. Interesting concept, but is this use of technology taking us forwards, or backwards? Why aren't there more bridges like this?
Wow
WTF IS DAT BRIDGES THEY GONE TOO FAR BUT I LIKE IT
Clever engineering, beautiful bridge, but a boring video. Would much rather see the entire movement start to finish in 3x or 4x speed.
"Waste of money"
...typed on their iPhones.
Steven Van Hulle comparing the cost of iPhones and Bridges could be the dumbest thing you've ever thought of
You don't get it do you? I'm not comparing the costs of iPhones and bridges, I'm saying the "waste of money" argument can equally well be played on their phones, since you can easily find ones far cheaper with the same functionality. Just like what they say about bridges.
Steven Van Hulle iPhones are useful and moving bridges arent
@@ultraman8012 f*ck the boats then, let them find their own path
@@marchanarch1728 did u just censor fuck
So everybody has to wait for that fucking tour boat. Genius.
thats way kool!!
It’s cool but Everything is just too freakin slow
????Nice but for what ? Does a bridge need to be spectacular to be functional AND beautifyl ?Too gadget like to me...
For boats to pass under... Did you watch the video or....
+Jam Bear Studios I am stupid but less than you are : do you really think that I do not know what a bridge is ???… Even a lifting bride.
Simply this whole contraption for doing something very simple (a lifting bridge have been in existence since the Middle Ages in Holland) seems to me the invention of the wheel. In other words a waste of money (and not very beautiful at that, but that is a personal opinion).
"Nice but for what" Well you obviously didn't know what a bridge is, this bridge is for people to go over and boats to go under, and plus, more people obviously have a better opinion than you.
+Jam Bear Studios Stupid people say stupid things. This is normal, as well as apple produce apples.
No need to answer, I will not reply.
Apples produce Phones and computers idiot.
Tight fit...
Marvel Engineering
Seeing this, makes me challenge those who say a security wall around a border can't be built.
Dad2xgr8 they built one around half of berlin didnt they! I can hear Reagan now, mr trump tear down that wall...
The Eggcutter Bridge
😂
What's the point? I admit I am not familiar with this river, but how wide is the largest boat that would ever want to go under this bridge? Wouldn't a simpler draw bridge be faster and cheaper? Anyway: www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/gmb.html
That is probably the biggest waste of money I have seen for a bridge. Slow as heck too.
ArJuna22 your a waste of a life
This is to wash behind it's ears😆
I see what they were trying for but failed at. What a wasted of money. It is way too slow to be in any action film hive me a break.
grande ideia .
Don't take your eyes off the screen because you might miss something sorry we're not all like you we don't miss it over and over again just to figure it out a Millennial later
too slow
Why does it need to go any faster? It probably only opens a handful of times a month, boats don't exactly move fast so plenty of time to open it as they approach. Plus to open faster would require vast, ugly hydraulics or motors so large they would dim the lights across the whole city!
F
Not worth the performance, I'm not even going to google what it cost. Is it purely a footbridge? From the grotty looking buildings over the other side, I can't see who would want to cross, I suppose it's just fun for those with nowt better to do who can stand on this side to watch. It's too slow and hideously lovely. They could gave done a modern day take on the swing bridge...but just for pedestrians maybe. They way that thing curves, if you go to cross over, you cannot go straight across so you're going twice as far and that would knacker me in my wheelchair.
There were certain rules in place. Nothing was allowed to be built on the quayside, so that ruled out a regular bridge. It's a pedestrian and cycles only bridge and the height of the ramp had to be fairly flat in order to allow access for wheelchairs. So in order to meet these requirements, this was the design they came up with.
3 29 boat .. FF
This kind of looks dumb. I'm all for amazing engineering but this?
Flawed engineering ,,,,, there are better options
Not with the rules they had to stick to. There were certain rules in place. Nothing was allowed to be built on the quayside, so that ruled out a regular bridge. It's a pedestrian and cycles only bridge and the height of the ramp had to be fairly flat in order to allow access for wheelchairs. So in order to meet these requirements, this was the design they came up with.
lol
✨looks like accident in the making ,,,not very stable to the eye !???🤔✨#Lol
I'm pretty sure the Japanese are laughing at this design. This bridge is inefficient.
Uneconomical
Trodiender
What a waste of money
Wow! Beautiful bridge! Again, THEY WILL NEVER CONCEIVE OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN NEW AMERIKA! (Not enough imagination -- or profit motive)! Simply amazing how these new (and old) engineering wonders around the planet are in place or being restored! But in New Amerika only the .0001% fat wealthy shitbags can afford do this sort of stuff, most other Americans are only shopping at strip malls or at home in poverty! Amerika has really not advanced much since 1970's!
+Danilo Peterson That is an obviously ignorant statement.
+Danilo Peterson what have you done lately?
+Danilo Peterson Oh I don't know, maybe the space shuttle, cell phones, GPS for the US military which we GIVE FREELY TO THE WORLD, and should turn OFF to ALL countries who support terrorists, and....umm....oh yes I remember now, NASA also came up with the INTERNET. Those are just a few things that the USA came up with since the 80's. Keep your bridge and we'll keep all our stuff too.
+wjf213 "your" internet wouldn't work without British invented computers, the World Wide Web, RAM. Going right back to basics we invented electro magnetic power generation- kind of essential for running stuff. A few more for you- submarines, incandescent light, the telephone, television, vaccination, steam engines, railways, the worlds first underground railway, underwater tunnelling, jet engines, supersonic passenger aircraft, radar. I could go on all day but as countless will testify you can't educate an idiot.
new designs and modern designs are shit!!!
Meh, I guess it's okay. What I'm screaming about is how damn long those small boats that cause all this nonsense to happen is just taking their time...as pretty as they please like they've not a care in ther world or there couldn't possibly be someone waiting! Just kidding. Sorta...
Robby House That's watercraft for you. They have no option.
waste of money, large cruise ships can't pass by
Manish Alwani. I agree its a waste of money but maybe large cruise ships dont need or want to or even cant go through here so its no big deal.
An utterly foolish and impractical design, considering superior and practical alternatives. And is this bridge only used by pedestrians? Your 'millenium' is a misspelling for millennium....
Yawn.....
Genie of the lamp hope ya dog dies
boring.
dennis n Yes, you are.