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The bridge is 244 meters long. With two towers placed on intermediate towers of 65 meters high. The central span between the towers, 61 meters long, spreads over two lifting wings weighing over a thousand tons. Each of the more than thousand-year-old wings is equipped with a counterweight, minimizing the necessary effort and allowing the bridge to expand in one minute. Waterproof, with a working pressure of 50 bar (750 psi. Inch). The water was pumped by two steam engines with a total capacity of 360 liters. with. The system was accessible by engineer Hamilton Owen Rendel, who worked for W. G. Armstrong Mitchell. In 1974 the system was completely updated - the oil hydraulics is electrically driven.

For pedestrians of the construction bridge, it is possible to cross the bridge, even during the divorce of the span. For this purpose, besides the usual sidewalks, pedestrian galleries were built connecting the towers at a height of 44 meters. You could get to the gallery by stairs. Since 1982, the gallery has been used as a museum and viewing platform.

Only for the construction of tower and pedestrian galleries took more than 11 thousand tons of steel. The architectural style of the building is defined as Victorian Gothic. The total cost of construction is allocated 1,184,000 pounds sterling.