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The Tees Transporter Bridge, also referred to as the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge or, locally, as The Transporter, is a bridge over the River Tees in northern England. The northern side is in Port Clarence ( Stockton-on-Tees ) and the southern side is in Middlehaven ( Middlesbrough ).
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English: The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge is the furthest downstream bridge across the River Tees; it connects Middlesbrough (south bank) to Port Clarence (north bank), and a travelling suspended 'car' or 'gondola' carries motor vehicles across.
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The United Kingdom has four transporter bridges, though Warrington Transporter Bridge is disused and the modern Royal Victoria Dock Bridge, though designed with the potential to be used as a transporter bridge, has so far only been used as a high-level footbridge. The Newport Transporter Bridge was built in 1906 across the River Usk in Newport ...
Model of the River Tees, in the former park "Natures World", in 2009, with models of Transporter Bridge (left) and Newport Bridge (right), with the Riverside Stadium in the centre The River Tees forms the traditional border between Yorkshire and County Durham , passes through the Teesside Urban area built-up area, and has many crossings.
In 1801 Middlesbrough was a small farming township with a population of just 25. From 1829 onwards it experienced rapid growth. In 1828 the influential Quaker banker, coal-mine owner and Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) shareholder Joseph Pease sailed up the River Tees to find a suitable new site downriver of Stockton on which to place new coal staithes.