I think its a fairly common opinion that the Millennium Bridge is a bit pointless and a bit of an eyesore in the city of Carlisle but honestly I quite like it so I thought a cache here might bring some more attention to this intresting bit of architecture
PLEASE BE STEALTHY, hunting for and finding the cache might be fairly visible to either Muggles crossing the bridge or to people driving by so be discreet.
PLEASE REPLACE AS FOUND! Make sure the next Geocacher to come along can find it the same way you did, also bring your own pen. :)
A small easy cache for anyone on their way to Bitts park or back away into City after some fun in the park.
A breif history:
The Irish Gate bridge was constructed as a pedestrian bridge linking the Castle with the City Centre over the busy Castle Way which serves as the northern relief road for the City. It is a true Millennium Bridge, with funding from the Millennium Commission and was opened on 9 October, 2000. The name Irish Gate refers to the fact that it was constructed near the site of an old medieval city gateway of the same name. Architects for the £650,000 project were the Newcastle-based Jane Derbyshire and David Kendall partnership. Kier Group was the main contractor and Arup were consultant engineers.