The Tyne Bridge is set for weeks of overnight closures to help pave the way for its long-overdue restoration.
Engineers need to conduct a full inspection of the rusted Geordie icon to establish just how poor a state it is in. City council chiefs say that the work must be completed before the government will sign off funding for a £41m project to restore the bridge to its former glory and refurbish the Central Motorway.
According to a local authority report, the inspection is expected to require the famous crossing to be closed from 10pm to 6am from June 13 to July 1. A number of roads underneath the bridge on the Newcastle Quayside are also due to be affected by the works – with closures due between May 16 and June 10 on Quayside, Lombard Street, Queen Street, and Akenside Hill from 8pm to 6am.
