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How much did Gateshead Millennium Bridge cost to build?

The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is the pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge of 126 m across the River Tyne between Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne, England, designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects and Gifford and Partners, whose design was accepted in February 1997, built from May 1999 by Volker Stevin with steelwork by Watson Steel and opened to the public on 17 September 2001. Newcastle University's Northern Innovation exhibit says the bridge cost 22 million pounds.

Final project cost

拢22 million

Approximately $31.67 million

Cost basis: 2001

The Gateshead Millennium Bridge, photographed from the side with the BALTIC on.
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Basis of the published figure

Final project cost2001
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Timeline

  1. 1 May 1999

    Construction started

    Newcastle University
  2. 17 September 2001

    Opened or launched

    Newcastle University

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