Is it a bridge? Is it a ferry? No, it's the Newport Transporter

Industrial elegance on the Usk

Geek's Guide to Britain  Transporter bridges enjoyed only a rather brief period of popularity as the preferred way to get people and stuff across rivers. The first to be built was the Vizcaya Bridge over the River Nervion between Las Arenas and Portugalete in Spain, in 1893. The last one, crossing the River Mersey at Warrington, was built just 22 years later in 1915.…

from The Register