From the past back to the future! This describes, for example, a trip from the Beamish Museum to Newcastle, where the Millennium Bridge, which has already become legendary, is located. This is the world's first tilt bridge.

This bridge has an unusual appearance. But the real miracles begin when a large ship approaches it! The bridge is turning over! The arches, connected by steel cables, rotate around their axis by forty degrees. The pedestrian lane rises above the water in less than five minutes. It rises almost 50 meters above the water. The ship sails by and then everything falls back into place. Amazing!

The bridge connects the two banks of Gateshead and Newcastle. The bridge consists of two curved straight lines connected by cables. Together they form a spectacular curved shape. On the side of the bridge that almost touches the water, there is a pedestrian and bicycle path. The other side rises spectacularly above the water. When this happens with the help of hydraulic motors, the two sides form a symmetrical composition. Thus, the engineers decided to combine a pedestrian bridge that would not interfere with the passage of ships and large vessels.

Some have compared "the fold" of the bridge with blinking. For this effect, the bridge was nicknamed the "blinking eye". In order not to miss the "blink", you probably need to know the schedule of ships on the river Tyne. In a quiet state, the bridge is not very interesting. But as soon as the ship appears on the horizon, crowds of people gather around the bridge and the performance begins!.

In 2001, when it was put into operation, 35 thousand people came to the opening. The bridge "turns" about 200 times a year.

The bridge, which was conceived as a simple crossing over a small river, changed the life of the city and its appearance. If you suddenly see a ship floating on the river, hurry to the Millennium Bridge to see a wonderful, amazing spectacle.