August 15, 2015

  We drive across bridges all the time and take them for granted. Have a look at this 100 year old Newport Transporter Bridge. The design is absolutely fantastic. Not practical for high volume traffic but for the time this was a very novel solution and it is still operating today. “The height of the towers is 73.6 metres (241.5 ft), and the height to the underside of the main girder