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Newburn Bridge

On September 2nd 1947 the 1983 Newburn bridge was the last bridge on the Tyne to be freed of tolls. Dan Dowson and Dick Browell led Northumberland and Durham County councillors over to mark the occasion.

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A memory of Newburn in Tyne and Wear shared on Monday, 22nd February 2010.

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