00:01Work on the Time Bridge in Newcastle is entering another stage with repairs continuing and several
00:06nearby roads due to close. The council says good progress has been made on the structure
00:10since restoration work began in April 2024. Teams are now inspecting and cleaning the twin
00:18beams before restoration and repainting starts on the next section. More than 2,000 individual
00:25repairs have been completed so far while the program remains scheduled for completion before
00:30the bridge reaches its centenary. Drivers face four nights of closures affecting Lombard Street,
00:36Queen Street and Aikenside starting on Monday. Those restrictions run from 6 in the evening until
00:422 in the morning. Queen Street and Aikenside will also close during the day on the 14th and 15th of
00:50September. The closures are linked to work preparing the bridge for its next restoration phase and the
00:56council says that the program remains on schedule. The Great North Run will also cross the bridge on
01:02the 13th of September with signage already installed for that event. The run is in its 45th year and
01:09takes participants from Newcastle through Gateshead and South Tyneside over to South Shields. For people
01:15travelling in Newcastle, council advises planning ahead because the closures will affect routes near the bridge
01:22while that restoration work continues.
