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Tom Beattie

New £3m Metro bridge lowered into place in North Shields by giant crane

A new £3m Metro bridge has been successfully installed in North Shields.

The bridge will carry Metro services over Tanners Bank in North Shields. The structure was carefully lowered into place using a giant crane on Wednesday night (July 20).

The 70-tonne steel bridge deck was hoisted up before being secured to its new concrete abutments, which had been installed in the days leading up to the big lift.

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