Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge
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The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge carries the Tyne and Wear Metro from Newcastle upon Tyne to Gateshead over the River Tyne. The line is in tunnel on either side of the river and only emerges into daylight to cross the bridge.
In 2006 Nexus, the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive which operates Metro, commissioned artist Nayan Kulkarni to install a huge artwork on the bridge. The artwork, Nocturne, will see the bridge painted two distinct tones of blue while at night 143 LED lighting unites will create an ever-changing pattern of colours based on photographs submitted by members of the public.
Nocturne is expected to be completed in early 2007 and will mean that all five main bridges across the Tyne between Gateshead and Newcastle have unique lighting schemes.
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