Built in 1863, the old Tanners Bank bridge at North Shields served the Tyne and Wear Metro for 41 years and carried 173 trains a day.
Our spectacular drone footage captures the installation of the new £3m replacement Metro bridge at the site earlier this week. The film was kindly shared with ChronicleLive by Mike Adie who runs Mediapixs Photography.
The new bridge, which will carry Metro services over Tanners Bank, was carefully lowered into place using a giant crane on Wednesday night, July 20. The 70-tonne cast iron 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.
