Cutting the sod for the contruction of the new visitor's centre
Cutting the Sod for the constriction of the new visitor's centre on a rainy day. Tuesday. 2nd August The Newport Transporter Bridge is a transporter bridge crosses the River Usk in Newport, South East Wales. The bridge is the lowest crossing on the River Usk. It is a Grade I listed structure. It is one of fewer than 10 transporter bridges that remain in use worldwide and only a few dozen were ever built. Construction started : 1902 Clearance below : 54 m Opened : 12 September 1906 Architect : Ferdinand Arnodin Height : 74 m Pictures of our amazing Transporter Bridge taken by Drone photographer Sam Wise 1. Assembling outside the existing visitor's centre in the rain On Tuesday 2nd August people met to celebrate the cutting of the sod for the erection of the new visitor's centre. The much anticipated building of a new visitor centre and repair work at Newport Transporter Bridge made progress on Tuesday. T he existing visitor centre is to be replaced with a mode