Ovingham Bridge — Local services in Ovingham

This is tight, VERY tight, we have a VW T4, and I thought my alloys were going to rub on the metal sides that actually keep you in the middle, they didn't, but being honest, I was worried. Ovingham Bridges are a pair of side-by-side vehicle and pedestrian bridges across the River Tyne. The Bridge re-opened to vehicles on 5 September 2016. The vehicle bridge is a single track for cars and light vans only. There is no footpath, pedestrians use the separate footbridge that runs alongside and with the same deck level. The centre piers are set wider, allowing the deck to spread and two vehicles can pass, (I'd like to see someone try). No traffic lights are installed. It was built in 1883 by the Ovingham Bridge Company and replaced the earlier ferry. The steel tubes are marked Dorman Long Middlesbrough, the firm that designed and built the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Tyne Bridge. It was originally opened and operated as a toll...

This bridge is permanently open to cars and light vans in both directions. It is a narrow single track bridge with a courtesy system in place whereby, you give way if someone is waiting to cross from the other end and the car in front of you is more than halfway across. This works well 90% of the time but, if you are travelling towards Ovingham, don't pull too far into the left while waiting to cross or the cars at the other end cannot see you. The bridge has been re-open for more than two years now but Google satnav still refuses to recognise it as a valid road. Does anyone know how to...

I still can't believe that this bridge has neither traffic lights nor height restrictions, the latter which would stop oversized vehicles trying to cross. Also it's amazing how many cyclists cannot read and insist on cycling on the footpath despite the numerous signs informing them...