It was back in 1796 when the first Wearmouth bridge was built and it was safety tested by having soldiers march up and down.
Since then, the iconic landmark has seen City status, Olympic torches, Tall Ships displays and a marathon race.
It’s an event-packed tribute and see if you can remember all of these moments.
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1. The original bridge
A view of the original Wearmouth Bridge which first opened in 1796, with the foundation stone having been laid in 1793. It surpassed Britain’s previous longest-span cast iron bridge which was the 100ft Iron Bridge in Coalbrookdale, opened in 1781. | Sunderland Antiquarian Society
2. Testing it out
To check the safety of the first bridge, soldiers had the job of marching backwards and forwards on it for an hour 230 years ago. | ChatGPT
3. A 1948 view
Another view of the work on the bridge which was caused by a twisted girder between Sunderland Central and Monkwearmouth Stations. | se
4. A house on stilts
Industrial Sunderland in 1952 with the little house on stilts nestling by the Wear. | se