Editing Tees Transporter Bridge (section)

{{Short description|Bridge over the River Tees, England}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox bridge
|bridge_name = Tees Transporter Bridge
|image = River Tees Transporter Bridge 07.jpg
|caption = The bridge seen from the north bank
|official_name = Tees Transporter Bridge
|crosses = [[River Tees]]
|locale = [[Middlesbrough]] and [[Port Clarence]], England
|preceded = [[Tees Newport Bridge]]
|followed = [[North Sea]]
|website = https://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-footpaths/tees-transporter-bridge
|owner=[[Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council]] and [[Middlesbrough Council]]
|maint = [[Middlesbrough Council]]
|design = [[Transporter bridge|Transporter Bridge]]
|material = steel, concrete
|open = 17 October 1911
|carries = Motor vehicles<br/>''[[A178 road]]''<br/>Pedestrians
|length ={{convert|850|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="Dowson">{{cite book |last=Dowson |first=A. G. |title=A History of the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge |year=1986 |publisher=Middlesbrough Borough Council Recreation and Amenities Department |location=Middlesbrough}}</ref>
|mainspan = {{convert|570|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="Dowson" />
|below = {{convert|160|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="Dowson" />
|traffic =
|toll = Vehicles (<3 tons): £1.50 (1 bay) <br/>
 Pedestrians and Cyclists: 70p
|width =
| designer = [[Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Company]]
| contracted_designer = CG Imbault
|builder = [[Sir William Arrol & Co.]]
|coordinates={{coord|54.5845|-1.2279|region:GB-ENG|display=inline,title}}
|extra={{Designation list
 | embed = yes
 | designation1 = Grade II* Listed Building
 | designation1_offname = Transporter Bridge
 | designation1_type = 
 | designation1_criteria =
 | designation1_date = 21 June 1985
 | delisted1_date = 
 | designation1_partof =
 | designation1_number = {{NHLE|num=1139267 |short=yes}} }}
}}
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 [[Middlesbrough]]. It is grade II* [[Listed building|listed]] and the longest existing [[transporter bridge|transporter]] in the world.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1139267 |desc=Transporter bridge |access-date=11 May 2022}}</ref> Its winch house and piers are grade II listed.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1139847 |desc=Winch House, Adjoining Railings, Wall, Gates and Gatepiers, C.40M South West of Transporter Bridge |access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1139846 |desc=Piers, Railings and Gates at Entrance to Transporter Bridge |access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref>

It is the furthest downstream bridge crossing over the river. It is classed as the [[A178 road]], the road between Middlesbrough and [[Hartlepool]]. {{As of|April 2025}} the bridge has not been operational since 2019 due to safety concerns, and it is not expected to return to operation for a number of years, though a report on how to do this has been published. When working, the bridge carries a travelling 'car,' or 'gondola,' suspended below the fixed structure, across the river in 90 seconds. The gondola can carry 200 people, nine cars, or six cars and one minibus.