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In
Newcastle, Tyne and Wear you can
Start your New Year’s Eve
celebrations with a bang as the
popular early evening fireworks and
pyrotechnic display lights up
Newcastle and Gateshead. Make your
way to Newcastle Civic Centre for
6pm and wave goodbye to and
hello to . The annual fireworks
and pyrotechnic display, accompanied
by an evocative and inspiring
musical arrangement, is guaranteed
to get you in the party spirit.
Locals
in Newcastle hits the bars and clubs
of the Quayside, waiting for the
spectacular midnight fireworks over
the River Tyne, with the iconic
backdrop of the Tyne Bridge and
Millenium Bridge to Baltic Quay. The
Tyne Bridge is a through arch bridge
over the River Tyne in North East
England, linking Newcastle upon Tyne
and Gateshead. It was designed by
the engineering firm Mott, Hay and
Anderson, who later designed the
Forth Road Bridge, and was built by
Dorman Long and Co. of Middlesbrough.
At the time of its construction it
was the world's longest single span
bridge. The bridge was officially
opened on 10 October 1928 by King
George V and has since become a
defining symbol of Tyneside. It
currently stands as the tenth
tallest structure in the city.
The
Tyne Gorge, between Newcastle on the
north bank and Gateshead, a separate
town and borough, on the south bank,
is famous for a series of dramatic
bridges, including the Tyne Bridge
of 1928 which was built by Dorman
Long of Middlesbrough, and Robert
Stephenson's High Level Bridge of
1849, the first road/rail bridge in
the world.
Large-scale regeneration has
replaced former shipping premises
with imposing new office
developments; an innovative tilting
bridge, the Gateshead Millennium
Bridge was commissioned by Gateshead
Council and has integrated the older
Newcastle Quayside more closely with
major cultural developments in
Gateshead, including the BALTIC
Centre for Contemporary Art, the
venue for the Turner Prize and
the Norman Foster-designed The Sage
Gateshead music centre. The
Newcastle and Gateshead Quaysides
are now a thriving, cosmopolitan
area with bars, restaurants and
public spaces. As a tourist
promotion, Newcastle and Gateshead
have linked together under the
banner "NewcastleGateshead", to
spearhead the regeneration of the
North-East. The River Tyne had the
temporary Bambuco Bridge in 2008 for
ten days; it was not made for
walking, road or cycling, but was
just a sculpture.
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