Newport City footbridge the Newport City Footbridge. Newport City footbridge Newport City footbridge is a pedestrian/cycle bridge over the River Usk in the city of Newport, South Wales. The bridge links the east bank of the river in the vicinity of Rodney Parade stadium to University Plaza on the west bank. It was the first major public project in Newport Unlimited's plans to regenerate the city. The bridge won a design award from the British Construction and Steelworkers Association; the George Gibby Award 2007 by the Institution of Civil Engineers in Wales; the regeneration award by The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in
Newport City F.C. Newport City F.C. Newport City F.C. is a football club based in the Llanwern area of the City of Newport, South Wales. The club currently play in the Welsh Football League Division Three. The club was formed in 1963 as Spencer Works AFC and joined the Newport & District League. Moving up to the Gwent Premier League, winning it in 1970-1 and 1971-2 and then elected to the Welsh league for the 1972-3 season, where they have been ever since. They spent most of the next twenty seasons in the middle division of the league until 1988 when they changed