GATESHEAD Millennium Bridge will be lowered into place this Sunday, council officials said last night.
Attempts earlier this month to move the blinking eye bridge up the River Tyne to Gateshead Quays were abandoned due to storms.
Weather forecasts show conditions on Saturday should allow the bridge to be lifted using the giant Asian Hercules II crane. The 850-tonne steel bridge will be taken six miles up river to its destination on Sunday morning.
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