The Tyne Bridge Completes First Stage of Restoration Project
Written by Leo Patchett on 31st October 2025
The Tyne Bridge has completed the first stage of its much-anticipated restoration project.
The condition of iconic landmark has been slowly deteriorating year after year, and questions have been raised of when funding will be put towards the repairs.
Fast forward to now, and the process of restoring the bridge is well underway with 25% of the restoration completed and over 6,000 litres of paint having been used on the bridge.
The paint used is a special three-coat protective substance that not only restores the bridge’s classic look but protects it from corrosion and the North East weather for years to come.
Coun Juna Sathian, Newcastle City Council’s cabinet member for transport and climate, said: “It’s great to see such fantastic progress being made on the Tyne Bridge, as we restore an icon to its former glory.
“This is a huge project for the region, with everyone involved hugely passionate to be part of the restoration as we preserve this much-loved icon for future generations.”
Coun John McElroy, cabinet member for the environment and transport at Gateshead Council, said: “The detailed work completed on the bridge structure is so impressive. It’s vital that the public understand the complexity and sheer hard work that has gone into this restoration.
“When the programme is complete, we will see the bridge looking fantastic, like new, and it’s the engineering skills and fitting of replacement steel components that are making all that possible.”
More than 2,000 rivets have been replaced and 420 repairs completed in the latest stage of the Tyne Bridge restoration, and overall, 13,000 tonnes of scaffold components will be used – equivalent to the weight of six London Eyes.
David Morton, a Newcastle resident, said: “The Tyne Bridge is a symbol of this city, it’s important that a historical key landmark like The Tyne Bridge is preserved and restored for the future generations of Geordies, I think it’s great they’re putting so much money and effort towards it.”
Newcastle City Council
