By Today marks the 10th anniversary of the erection of the Angel Of The North next to the A1 near Newcastle/Gateshead; although Wikipedia actually lists 16th February 1998 as the completion date. I didn't realise it had actually been that long; where do the years go?
Anyway, it's estimated that it's probably seen well over 30 million times a year by people either passing or visiting it could very well end up being seen over 3 billion times during it's expected 100 year life.
I didn't realise that there is also a companion Angel Of The South planned for erection at Ebbsfleet in 2009 next to the high speed Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
