Should never have been allowed to get that bad. There should have been a maintenance program For the City’s most iconic and recognisable structure.

@megamega362

3 ай бұрын

As a fiercely proud Geordie,I am appalled to see this beautiful bridge in such a bad state ,it should never of been allowed to get in such a state.But the evil that is the Tory party is squarely to blame our region is probably the most neglected area in England, however we are a strong proud race up here and,as my gran would of said we may be lying doon but we're not deid yet!!! So onwards and upwards 🎉.Thank you Eddie love your channel keep up the great work.😊

@anth225

3 ай бұрын

That’s councils for you maintain nowt

@Davyscales

3 ай бұрын

That's Labour Councils @@anth225

@user-lm4mn3yr2h

3 ай бұрын

Yep, and they're all the bloody same!@@anth225

@RosemanVapes

3 ай бұрын

@@megamega362 Your inherent bias and hatred are very clear to see. It is the Labour run Newcastle City Council and the Labour run Gateshead Council who are mostly to blame.

As a truck driver from Yorkshire I use the Tyne Bridge every week . The bridge has been looking decidedly shabby for the last few years , this is no way to treat such a monument ....and it is a monument to the North East absolutely . It will be a nuisance but , wow it will be worth it when its done . Stay safe all of you working on it 😊.

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Mick 👊🏻👍🏻

@richardjames3356

3 ай бұрын

As a Geordie who now lives elsewhere, when I come back, I have to come over the Tyne Bridge (even though the tunnel is a lot more convienient for North Tyneside), When you cross the bridge, you know you're home!

@da90sReAlvloc

3 ай бұрын

​@@richardjames3356 home is where the heart is. And a Geordies heart is always in Newcastle/ Gateshead

Coming home on leave in the 70s, seeing the Tyne Bridge from the train window crossing the High Level always made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

👊🏻👍🏻

Thanks, very informative. I'm due to run in the GNR this year and was wondering what would happen at the bridge - pleased to know it's been sorted!

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

👍🏻

Rode under it on Saturday and it made me smile, what a gorgeous old lady she is, glad the TLC is on its way, the swing bridge needs sorting too!

Something so iconic having only been there since 1928! The architecture of Tyneside is amazing. Honestly when you come in from Carlisle on the train it really has a wow factor. Up there with the best of bridges

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

☝️👊🏻

I was just about to ask about the GNR 😂 running it for the first time this year and glad we will still get to pass over the iconic bridge ! Informative as ever Eddie keep up the good work. 👍

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Jon 👍🏻

i drive over that Bridge most days.... seeing the tourists on it taking pics of our fine area and seeing how important it is really pee's me off knowing its a mess... i watched some adventurer type lad here on youtube climb it "illegally" on a video recently.... its quite nice on the very top lol... his video gave a whole new perspective if you find it... cheers Eddie... always a pleasure

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

👊🏻👍🏻

Loving all of the stuff you are doing. Thanks for sharing your fantastic knowledge

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

👊🏻👍🏻

Another interesting blog from a very knowledgeable man well done Eddy mate having lived down south for sometime now I love keeping up with my motherland keep up the fantastic work Eddy thanks

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Ken 👊🏻👍🏻

The North Bridge in Edinburgh has been going under a two year restoration then they found out that it needs more than that to bring back to a safe repair, it’s been a nightmare trying to work round it

Newcastle is such a fabulous city I’m filled with pride when I visit. Can’t wait to see the fully restored bridge.

Great video, Eddy! Giving the Tyne Bridge a good seeing to was never going to be a job that lasted a few months so I feel for those that are going to be caught up in the upheaval for the next few years. Will it get more folks onto the Metro, I wonder? And I echo the other comments on here about how the bridge has been allowed to get into this condition in the first place. I bet they aren't as negligent in Sydney!

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

I agree ☝️

More corrupt local labour councils to blame for appalling local infrastructure. Great video love your work

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

👊🏻👍🏻

Thank you 👍🏼

Apparently if they fully shut the bridge the work could be done within just a couple months, and work 24/7 but thats not been allowed by the council

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

I’m not defending the council but I can say that someone has filled your head with nonsense mate

Outrageous they let our beloved Tyne Bridge get into that state.I was personally outraged at this.

@mariemccann5895

3 ай бұрын

Oooh, I know pet, it's an outrage isn't it?

@DJ-tt7tq

3 ай бұрын

Ohhh, I certainly think so pet, don't you?

@hamishanderson6738

3 ай бұрын

Howa, thy's not rang.

@mariemccann5895

3 ай бұрын

@@DJ-tt7tq Get a life man.

@DJ-tt7tq

3 ай бұрын

@@mariemccann5895 Get a life man

I was born in the Bonny City of Newcastle upon Tyne.I am happy that the Tyne Bridge will be Updated.I am proud to be a Geordie.Howay my Lads and Lasses.❤️🥰❤️😍❤️.

i remember feeling it bouncing up and down when i did the Great North Run once. Thanks Eddy

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

😃

The iconic bridge, that’s when you knew you were back home! Bit like yourself Eddy, travelling round the world, dropping the lads off on the way - travelling vouchers were a god send back in the day! The Quayside as is, was derelict - funny how times change! Having seen the bridge at Sydney, larger version of ours - nothing takes away the value of the Tyne Bridge, even today!! Glad it’ll be sorted, eventually!!

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

👊🏻👍🏻

Great info miss me home town 🤗

Great Video thanks for the info

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

👊🏻👍🏻

Excellent video Eddie, do you not think during the Four year shutdown the Council should have thought about completing the access stairs through the towers?

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

That would have been brilliant but I’m absolutely certain it would have been too expensive and not enough cash in the pot

You've been doing a brilliant job! Never miss any of your videos Grateful!

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

👊🏻👍🏻

GREAT VIDEO EDDIE VERY INFORMATIVE

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

👊🏻👍🏻

A great video Eddie. It’s gonna have a big impact. I live in Durham and have school runs and kids football training etc. it adds masses of time on the journey. But, I love the city and the bridge is disgraceful. I tell u this, I’ll be happier sat on the busy Bridge than I was on the team valley. It’s good long term. Bringing the pride back.

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

👊🏻👍🏻

I can remember when they returned it to green after it had been light blue,I hope they do a better job than the last team,it was supposed to be guaranteed for 20 years but faded in no time ! I’m glad they’re starting!

Great video. Bit confused on 1 thing...is the road down to 2 lanes for the just 2 years or the full 4 years of the project?

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

A minimum of two years they said 👍🏻

Fabulous views of the bridge from the Gatesheed Hilton. 4 years of scaffolding might dampen the view. But think of how majestic it will look when the work is completed.

They should make the Tyne Tunnel free during the bridge repairs so that more people use that and then take the strain off the Tyne Bridge route for those who need to use it.

Oi oi Eddy it's true what you say about your videos mate. since watching your Geordie history videos I've been literally fighting the lasses off . My long suffering "beneficial friend-girl" is ower the moon with all of my new found polished up knowledge . Cheers bonny lad 🤝

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Aye, it’s absolutely true mate. Take care out there 👊🏻😉

Excellent video Eddie. Could you lobby the council to step in and save the Cooperage before its too late? 🤔

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

I haven’t got time mate, I’m making videos for you 😅

@peterarmstrong3298

3 ай бұрын

@@TynesideLife 🤣🤣

@MichaelCook84

3 ай бұрын

Council just want your money and to stop you driving.

Excellent informative video as always Eddie. Invaluable to those of us who no longer live locally.

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Peter 👊🏻👍🏻

took 3 years to build, both councils are a disgrace letting get into that state

@Michael.P.1997

2 ай бұрын

Nothing to do with the councils it’s the Geordies letting it get that bad cause there to lazy to do anything about it wonder why they got a Swiss company to make the new metros yeah cause if it was left up to the Geordies you’d be getting the metros in 2050 😅😅

Hopefully the bus companies will take notice and put steps in place. Maybe not all busses need to go through to newcastle and stop at gateshead

At the same time the northbound A19 tunnel closes at weekends for about a year for upgrade and essential repairs

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

😩

Meant to have been going on for a while Eddie as you would know. Aye it does need done. Is the tax for larger vehicles such as ulez going through aswell?

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Yes mate 👍🏻

Rust was starting to come through in 2012, i contacted Gateshead in 2012, 2014, 15, 16, 17, each time they just replied it was not due for a repaint until 2018 then in 2018 they then told me the repaint was not due until 2020, well they took no notice when the signs were beginning to show now it will cost a fortune to put right, the price they have quoted points towards a bodge job, as for the kittywakes if people below the bridge knew what they were breathing in they would all wear masks then wash their clothes and shower as soon as the got home.

Love the pitch for the old video... 😂 , you're doing something right mate fair play

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Mark 👊🏻👍🏻

Shouldn't have been allowed to get that bad. , greedy. Tories, Should be looked after wor bridge, Always been the same tho London and everywhere else comes first before Newcastle/Gateshead, absolutely disgraceful. , Great video eddie you stay safe 👍

@StormTrouper3

3 ай бұрын

Its a shame that the local council had not fixed the issues years ago and let it get as bad as it is, but I take its the local Tories fault ?

@Quickb3n

3 ай бұрын

@@StormTrouper3 Where do you think the funding for restoration projects comes from ?

Great content Eddy.

I'm not from Newcastle (Manchester) but my son lives there so I have a soft spot for the city. Nice video about a famous landmark..

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

👊🏻👍🏻

Another great video

Excellent video! Thanks!

Eddie will watch your other video, as usual great info will be nice to see it back to original state, kitty wake hotels also a first, I think!

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

😃👊🏻👍🏻

I worked on the last refurb, first in last out, any idea ?

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Don’t understand your question mate?

Hi Eddy Hope, I've recently discovered your channel and I absolutely LOVE it, I've got lots of videos to get through 😂 I love how informative you are! I'm trying to find your video about the towers on the Tyne bridge..... Could U send me a link to it please? It was my grandpa's company who installed the lifts! Thanks in advance if you see this 👍

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Hi Amy, glad you’re enjoying them! 😃 I haven’t done video on the towers yet as the council didn’t respond to me. Have you seen the Tyne Bridge video? Tyne Bridge - Unveiling 10 Amazing things you never knew! kzread.info/dash/bejne/naOIo8Osmte1k7Q.html

@amystewart311

3 ай бұрын

@@TynesideLife yes! I've watched the Tyne bridge one! It was fascinating! I've also watched the victoria tunnel one as me and my son did that tour last summer, I'm actually obsessed with your videos now, only discovered you tonight and already watched a good handful! I absolutely love your approach and how you know so many facts! Thank you for doing what you do! Your mint! 🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

@@amystewart311 haha! You’re very kind thank you

I hope, as well as the four-year refurbishment plan, something is being put in place to ensure _continuous_ maintenance thereafter.

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Me too 👍🏻

Great coverage! Love the detail about the bird hotels! 😄

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

😅👊🏻

Great video and it last the work has started, the Tyne bridge shouldn’t never got to that state

What colour are they painting the bridge ?

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Probably the same greeny blue Malcolm.

@louisemorgan3237

3 ай бұрын

Pink

Took me an hour to get from south Gosforth to Gateshead last week. Usually takes 9 or 10 minutes

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

😩

Long overdue! Its foong to be weird not seeing the bridge regularly under that scaffolding.

Just found this channel, instant local legend

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Cheers 😅

Keep going Eddie. Loving your new videos. Thank you once again.

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

👊🏻👍🏻

Can't wait! ⬛️⬜️⬛️⬜️⬛️⬜️⬛️

Shame that, given we're being encouraged to use other routes into Newcastle, they're not dropping the cost of the Tyne Tunnel during the bridge repairs! 😞 I've done my dues over the last few years, daily metro to work with a small human including whilst the S.Tyneside line was closed, and whilst pregnant. But I draw the line at metro rush-hour with 2 smalls!

I wonder if they'll repaint it red and white.

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

🤢

Great video liked and subscribe. Going check out history of the bridge 👌

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard 👊🏻👍🏻

Love it Eddie!

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Alan 👊🏻👍🏻

Asking for a friend can you ride a motorbike across the mileam bridge?

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

No Bob. But you can on the Swing Bridge

I don't know what filters you used on the thumbnail mate but it makes you look like a Sontaran from Doctor Who

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Maybe I am mwahahahaha

is it gunna be black & white ?

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

That would be good 👍🏻

I've been remarking to my friends/colleagues for years about the state of Tyne bridge. A great shame and very disappointing to see it, in its current state. I'm very glad to see the refurbishment begin and to see it get the love it deserves. However, 4 years is a long stretch... The disruption is understandable but the economy could do without the congestion/blockages.

Great update Eddie, one pedantic note is the ‘Government funding’ is of course tax payer funding as there is no Government money’ I did wonder when the tired looking iconic landmark was going to get a facelift.

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Nee need Jamie, come on… Everything is tax payer funded

The most iconic gateway to an English city full stop. Not open to debate! My heart skips when I see it every time I come up to the Toon. Never tire of seeing it and never will. Lets hope the works go to plan and the Kittiwakes go easy on the grafters!

@MichaelCook84

3 ай бұрын

But if your crossing it going the other way...... you get Gateshead... a 💩 hole. Crossing one way you get to look at the awful architecture of the sage music venue and you get to see Tescos flats.

Here's my 2p... The amount they're about to spend on it... Prefab most of the bridge off site... Shut the old bridge and take it apart... Put the new parts in its place... Make a bigger, longer lasting, wider, higher bridge to the same design.

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

You want the email for Newcastle City Council? 😅

@Nav1g8r1

3 ай бұрын

@@TynesideLife 😂

@Nav1g8r1

3 ай бұрын

@@TynesideLife could be worse... Could be 100m on a new railway or 4m on a 400m bike lane (Blyth)

4 years is an absolute disgrace imo I remember when they upgraded the bridge over the Coast Road (Norham Road) that took over 18 months! Unbelievable

The state of the bridge says a lot about what central government thinks about everywhere outside of London and especially the north east

So glad you are back to doing more videos away from just football Eddy, keep up the good work 🎉

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Ross 👊🏻👍🏻

Certainly needs done but gunna be a nightmare this for getting to work traffic in gateshead can be bad already at times near town centre n looks like it will only get worse !!

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Most definitely 👍🏻

@danielwardle7997

3 ай бұрын

@@TynesideLife gunna take ur advice eddie and bike it in swawell to washington not far from concord done it a few times takes me about 45 mins not to bad really a suppose

@Marc1979nufc

3 ай бұрын

@@danielwardle7997Tyne bridge is no where near swalwell to concord 🧐

@danielwardle7997

3 ай бұрын

@Marc1979nufc type it in Google maps swalwell to concord then choose the bike option go right under it 👍

@danielwardle7997

3 ай бұрын

​@Marc1979nufc type it in on Google maps swalwell to concord go right under the tyne bridge 😂

Disgusting that it got to this state. Meanwhile, Sydney Bridge still looks as beautiful as the day it was built, with not a dot of rust!

@Michael.P.1997

2 ай бұрын

Yeah it’s cause Sydney Australia doesn’t have Geordies 😅😅 Geordies can’t work properly to lazy

Dennis, Oz and the rest of the lads, should dismatle it, and relocate it over St.James Park. Fit it out with seats and we've solved our increased capacity problem.

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

😂

Surely if they just had a little team to go out and maintain the bridge it wouldn’t ever get so bad

Love your content Eddie fantastic vlogging

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏 👊🏻

Eddie the Geordie Jedi brilliant content as usual

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

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Wtf is it with closing lanes. I put the scaffold on it back in 85 and there was no closures. It’s the modern health and safety regs going bonkers. It’s also utter shite that they’ve let it become a kittiwake sanctuary. They should be doon the coast. Also the bird shit from them and the pigeons contributes towards the rot

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

👍🏻

The Forth Railway Bridge which crosses the river Forth in Scotland is a World heritage and my most fav bridge in the World it was blasted down to the bare bones because was in need of re-painting and checked under sea water the basements of the bridge which were said to be ok Them days they sprayed with a special type epoxy paint from one side , part by part to the other , this whilst under cover from the elements ..This paint said to last for 40 yrs was done few yrs back now , i recall taking pics of it whilst they were working on it whilst crossing the Forth road bridge Now also have the Queensferry crossing bridge across from one another the three bridges But none come remotely close to Forth Railway Bridge as said is a World heritage site .

@TynesideLife

27 күн бұрын

It is definitely a very impressive bridge 👍🏻

@fishingstevie8830

27 күн бұрын

@@TynesideLife Like your programmes of Newcastle Eddie and North East much history to know . My grandad parents are from both Newcastle and Sunderland . Im from Scotland born raised all my days now been staying in North East for just over 5 yrs now . 👍

@TynesideLife

27 күн бұрын

@@fishingstevie8830 appreciated Stevie 👊🏻👍🏻

I walk by the Tyne bridge regularly and it is in desperate need of a decent paint job. It had one a few years ago but it never lasts. I think it’s the pollution from the cars. If only there was a paint that would last a century. The Tyne Bridge is if not the icon of the North East and to see it looking shoddy is embarrassing.

Glad it’s finally getting sorted. Current state of it is embarrassing, it deserves so much better. Birds going out on loan to the swing bridge are they? 😂

Great video

Im gonna be in 1 of your videos soon if Im not already, Im always cycling around the toon and alone the tyne.

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

😅👍🏻

@Michael.P.1997

3 ай бұрын

Careful you don’t get your bike stolen Geordies would steal your used condoms 😅😅

@Michael.P.1997

2 ай бұрын

@@JerryCans101 Ok I’m sure you will feel better once you’ve got your free doll money and slept with your mrs I mean your sister sorry

@Michael.P.1997

2 ай бұрын

@@JerryCans101 ok 👌

@JerryCans101

2 ай бұрын

​@@Michael.P.1997 I think you're just jealous that NO ONE is making videos about the bridge you live under 😂

It only took 3 years to build the thing and it cost a lot less than the repair costs :( Government these days just take the piss.

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

That’s Health & Safety laws for you

Hope they're painting it Black and White.

Can't believe it was allowed to get into that state. When i walk over it i feel sad atm so glad it's being refurbished.. If tha same bridge was across the Thames it would have never gotten into that state.. London £££

"It was opened on the 10th of October 1928 by King George V and HIS LASS Queen Mary"! Brilliant! Sheer brilliant! I don't know about my situation. Two days from now on April 11 it will be the final 100 days until I fly to Spain with "my lass". On July 19 I will be using the bridge to go the airport for the overnight stay at the Hilton (hopefully). I should be over around 4:45ish. I am unsure as to the volume of traffic at that time. Can anyone help me give an estimation of what to expect of the volume of traffic northbound at that time? Will it be heavy or light? I am not bothered by how many lanes are open. Only by how much traffic I can expect to be a part of.

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

😃👊🏻👍🏻

Oh well! Doesn't effect me, I live down south!🤣🤣 Great videos though!

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

😅

Parkings even shittier , everything you have to go online , I just wanted to pay with coins ffs !

Hold you're breath to get it done for 42 million.

Tyne and wear, Northumbria and County Durham councils are a complete disgrace.

Is it true, that it’s going to be painted Black-N-White? 😉

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Yes 😃

THE LAST TIME I WALKED OVER THE BRIDGE WAS IN 1984 I LIVE VERY NEAR THE BRIDGE 1954 MOVED TO WARWICKSHIRE 1961

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Long time!

@TheElizabethashby

3 ай бұрын

SURE IS I WENT TO CAMBRIDGE ST SCHOOL WE HAD A PLAYGROUND ON THE ROOF BECAUSE MY CLASS ROOM WAS NEAR THE TOP @@TynesideLife

@TheElizabethashby

3 ай бұрын

I CAN REMEMBER ALMOST ALL MY CHILD HOOD THERE I LEFT WHEN I WAS 6YRS@@TynesideLife

Forman Long only built part of the Sydney harbour bridge.

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Who else do you think contributed to the building of it bud? The engineer Bradfield had a long term interest in the project and helped design it, but Dorman Long won the tender for its construction in 1924 and from my research completed the job.

3:10 - If they'd kept up with routine maintainance over the years, they wouldn't need to be finding 42 million now

The high level bridge should be re-opened to cars and vans while the repairs are taking place,it would relieve a lot of the coming traffic congestion

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

I’m sure if it was that simple they would have done it. The High Level is a single lane carriageway that is in operation for buses and to allow cars to travel over would obviously cause a significant disruption to the public transport infrastructure, the very thing the government is trying to encourage during the refurbishment

@gntdriver2840

3 ай бұрын

@@TynesideLife Yes,i realise it would take a bit of planning and organisation considering that the gateshead side at Oakwellgate is now closed to everything but buses sand cyclists,but the bridge is physically wide enough for two way traffic and it managed okay for many decades beore the major refurbishment of the 2000's,i would have thought that the changes to the bridge and approach roads made since then are not irreversable

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

@gntdriver2840 the reversal of the current transport system and infrastructure on both sides of the bridge, which has only recently been completed and the disruption to the flow of buses over the bridge is clearly not a feasible plan and an added expense to the public purse that is just not available mate. Thanks for your comment 👍🏻

@gntdriver2840

3 ай бұрын

​@@TynesideLife You are right of course ,it would all come down to money in the end. Also such a plan would heavily involve both Newcastle and Gateshead councils who are two of the most anti-motorist organisations in the country,and motorists should not expect any favours from them

If only there were more men in the world like you wor eddie. Keep us informed please young chap (Geordie in Aus).

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

🙏👊🏻

@Helen-nz1xp

3 ай бұрын

Trust me one of Eddy in this world is enough😂

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

@@Helen-nz1xp and you managed to snag him 😉

@iainchisholm17

3 ай бұрын

@@Helen-nz1xp 🤣🤣🤣

Did you say get the Metro. Ha Ha. If it's running or not delayed

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

Aye, I use it quite a lot and it’s getting bad. The new ones will be with us soon 👍🏻

And the A1 is down to one lane too!

@TynesideLife

3 ай бұрын

🥴

A mini Sydney harbour Bridge without the blue sky.

@TynesideLife

2 ай бұрын

But do you know which bridge the Tyne Bridge is influenced from?

Tyne Bridge isn't really that busy these day, even with 4 lanes