Transporter Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1985. Bridge.
Transporter Bridge
- WRENN ID
- veiled-mortar-violet
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Constituency
- Middlesbrough and Thornaby East MP: Andy McDonald (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1985
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Transporter Bridge, Port Clarence Road, Stockton on Tees, Billingham, Stockton-On-Tees
- OS grid reference
- NZ 499 212
- Coordinates
- 54.58442, -1.22802
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Transporter Bridge over the River Tees was built in 1911 by engineer G.C. Imbault from Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co. Ltd., and constructed by Sir William Arrol and Company Limited from Glasgow. It was opened by Prince Arthur of Connaught. The bridge features plated and riveted steel construction, with two pairs of tapering towers supported by steel and concrete caissons. These towers hold the main cantilevered trusses, with the lower chord carrying a trolley way. The catwalk along the trolley way is 49 meters above the water and 260 meters long, with a 174-meter span over the river. Clusters of woven steel wire tension ropes connect the outward tips of the trusses vertically down to concrete anchorage blocks set into the ground. The carriage is suspended on steel wire ropes and is hauled by two ropes connected to an electrically powered winch located in a housing on the south bank of the river. The carriage was damaged by enemy action in 1940.
Local climate
Transporter Bridge receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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