This is the Gateshead Millennium Bridge fully opened. A spectacular sight at any time but I understand the bridge is opened every day at midday during the summer. To the left is the Sage, Gateshead. This will be the location of the Lib Dem spring conference in March 2012.
A better view of the Sage.
If you want to know anything about any site along the banks of the Tyne, Cllr Tommy Graham is your man. Here he is pointing out the landmarks to Councillors Ione and Noel Rippeth.
North Shields lighthouse, at the end of the North Shields pier
The only oil rig currently on the Tyne
Both cranes were installed in 1924.
Lord Collingwood statue and Tynemouth Priory
Tynemouth Priory and the cliff battlements
Work on going on the new Tyne Tunnel
Tyne Ferry "Pride of the Tyne". It is likely to end its service when the new Tyne Tunnel opens.
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