The Tyne Bridge opened in 1928. Designed by Mott, Hay and Anderson and constructed by Dorman Long and Company. Total length 389m with longest span 161.8m and 26m clearance. 7,010 tons structural steel and piers constructed of Cornish granite.

Spring Voyage to Newcastle upon Tyne

Spring Voyage
May 21, 2025
to
May 25, 2025
at
Newcastle upon Tyne

The 2025 Spring Voyage, organised by Past President Lester Sonden, explored the engineering past and present of the North-East from Wednesday 21 to Sunday 25 May 2025.

The programme included a city tour taking in the Tyne bridges, the Glasshouse International Centre for Music and the Gateshead Quays, the Scotswood Road site of William Armstrong’s Elswick works, Hadrian’s Wall and the Vindolanda Roman fort, Cragside House (the first house lit by hydroelectricity), Woodhorn Museum at the former colliery, the Angel of the North, Beamish Museum and the Discovery Museum.

See the photographs from the voyage in the Gallery.