Preparations Are Made For Multi-million Sunderland Bridge Opening

SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND - AUGUST 28: Pedestrians cross the new Northern Spire bridge spanning the River Wear as it opens for a pedestrian walk-over on August 28, 2018 in Sunderland, England. The walk-over comes ahead of the official bridge opening to traffic on August 29. The new cable stayed bridge across the River Wear is the first to be built on the river in over 40 years. Although set with an original opening date of May, poor weather conditions in the early months of 2018 led to the £117.6 million project being delayed. The bridge has a 105 metre tall central A-frame pylon and is the tallest structure in the North East. It it hoped that the bridge will reduce congestion in the city, open up land for regeneration along the river, improve links between the A19 road and Sunderland city centre and the Port of Sunderland, whilst also boosting the economy and helping to create an estimated 6,000 jobs in the area. More than 2,000 people have worked on the bridge during the last three years of construction, clocking up a million work-hours. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)