The Grade II-listed bridge dates from 1911 and is jointly owned by Stockton-on-Tees and Middlesbrough councils. James Hughes, director of the Victorian Society, said the bridge is 'one of Britain's most remarkable feats of engineering' and that its future cannot be left to uncertainty. A clear national strategy is urgently needed, he added.
' Also on the Victorian Society's endangered list is the former Strand Railway Station and Railway Men's Club in Barrow-in-Furness, a Grade II-listed building from 1863 that closed in 2008 and is now in visible decline due to an absentee landlord. The full top ten list has not been detailed, and the timeline for any restoration remains unclear.
The Tees Transporter Bridge is one of Britain's most remarkable feats of engineering and a defining landmark of the north-east. Its future cannot be left to uncertainty. A clear strategy, supported at national level, is urgently needed to secure both its structure and its continued role in the life of the region.
You don't need me to tell you that people love this bridge. It is a symbol. It is a monument. And more than that, it is a link and a potential working part of Stockton and Middlesbrough. Got to be saved. Got to be operational again. If we can find money for new bridges, we can find money for this great survivor and all that it means.