The Tyne Bridge is to close to traffic for vital inspections ahead of work starting on its long-overdue restoration.
The iconic bridge will be closed in order for the planned £41.4m restoration project announced earlier this year to go ahead. Engineers will inspect the steelwork about the main roadway on the bridge.
This will see the bridge fully closed to traffic overnight from June 27 until July 1 from 10pm to 6am. As the Great North Run sign will also be erected during this week, there will also be a lane closed in each direction on the bridge from 8pm - before the full closure comes into force each evening.
