Not for the first time, we see workers with nerves of steel high above the murky waters of the Tyne busy in the construction of a vital bridge across the river.
If the brave fellows who built the Tyne Bridge with the minimum of health and safety support in the late 1920s are remembered in classic film and photographs, these chaps had a similar head for heights working nearly 100 feet up on the Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge 45 years ago.
Situated between the High Level and King Edward VII Bridges, the bridge is one of the less famous of the iconic crossings linking Newcastle and Gateshead, but has been integral to the region’s transport infrastructure for over four decades. Built between 1976 and 1980, the QEII bridge was the most vital engineering solution in the long-awaited development of the Metro.
