Worlds Greatest Bridges
Worlds Greatest Bridges
Just watched the Channel 5 programme about the Millau Viaduct. Having seen it under construction since 2002 and been over it several times, I have great affection for it.
Well worth watching even if you don't
https://www.my5.tv/world-s-greatest-bri ... au-viaduct
Well worth watching even if you don't
https://www.my5.tv/world-s-greatest-bri ... au-viaduct
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I will have a look at that.
I saw the one about the Severn Bridge (which I see was originally made n 2017). Not as good as a BBC one about it recently but interesting.
I have an interest in the Severn bridges, on my first visit to Wales (where I now live) we went over the first one when it was a new thing, and I still have a little book about it somewhere (with black and white photos). Aust services seemed very grand, overlooking it. It was all very impressive.
Then when I moved to Wales I commuted over them for 5 years, first on the old one, then on the new one, which I had watched slowly emerging during my journeys.
And now they are both in public ownership the whole story seems to have reaches a conclusion of sorts. Though naming the new one the Prince of Wales Bridge was taken by many as a bit of a kick in the teeth.
I saw the one about the Severn Bridge (which I see was originally made n 2017). Not as good as a BBC one about it recently but interesting.
I have an interest in the Severn bridges, on my first visit to Wales (where I now live) we went over the first one when it was a new thing, and I still have a little book about it somewhere (with black and white photos). Aust services seemed very grand, overlooking it. It was all very impressive.
Then when I moved to Wales I commuted over them for 5 years, first on the old one, then on the new one, which I had watched slowly emerging during my journeys.
And now they are both in public ownership the whole story seems to have reaches a conclusion of sorts. Though naming the new one the Prince of Wales Bridge was taken by many as a bit of a kick in the teeth.
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The first ten million years were the worst.
And the second ten million, they were the worst too.
And the second ten million, they were the worst too.
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I'm not sure what would terrify me more, going over the bridge or through the tunnel.Ben B wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2019 3:45 pmI think the Øresund Bridge is pretty cool, and not just because of the murder drama.
More seriously, is the island at risk from rising sea levels?
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The first holiday I really remember involved getting the ferry across from Beachley to Aust - and as I recall, we detoured slghtly to take us underneath the incomplete bridge.greyspoke wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2019 10:12 amI will have a look at that.
I saw the one about the Severn Bridge (which I see was originally made n 2017). Not as good as a BBC one about it recently but interesting.
I have an interest in the Severn bridges, on my first visit to Wales (where I now live) we went over the first one when it was a new thing, and I still have a little book about it somewhere (with black and white photos). Aust services seemed very grand, overlooking it. It was all very impressive.
Then when I moved to Wales I commuted over them for 5 years, first on the old one, then on the new one, which I had watched slowly emerging during my journeys.
And now they are both in public ownership the whole story seems to have reaches a conclusion of sorts. Though naming the new one the Prince of Wales Bridge was taken by many as a bit of a kick in the teeth.
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I been over the Oresund bridge by train. It was a bit of an anti-climax, you can't see much from the train deck.
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If it is, then it's small enough that it would be pretty cheap to increase the height of the sea defences all round it.lsnduck wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2019 3:52 pmI'm not sure what would terrify me more, going over the bridge or through the tunnel.Ben B wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2019 3:45 pmI think the Øresund Bridge is pretty cool, and not just because of the murder drama.
More seriously, is the island at risk from rising sea levels?
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Agree about the Millau bridge. Used to cross it regularly when I lived in Montpellier. The Vasco da Gama bridge in Portugal is one of my favourites.
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I'm astounded by the elegance of the Garabit viaductFredM wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2019 10:33 amAgree about the Millau bridge. Used to cross it regularly when I lived in Montpellier. The Vasco da Gama bridge in Portugal is one of my favourites.
Also love that the same company built the Millau Viaduct
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Apparently, it is scary enough that you can hire people to drive you and your car across
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And the Golden Gate Bridge is very pretty.
The first ten million years were the worst.
And the second ten million, they were the worst too.
And the second ten million, they were the worst too.
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Another one I know! We stayed overnight at an hotel near the Garabit a few years ago. The evening was enlivened by a pair of red kites hunting close to the viaduct.Gfamily wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2019 10:49 amI'm astounded by the elegance of the Garabit viaductFredM wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2019 10:33 amAgree about the Millau bridge. Used to cross it regularly when I lived in Montpellier. The Vasco da Gama bridge in Portugal is one of my favourites.
Also love that the same company built the Millau Viaduct
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Not the greatest by anyone's measure, but this has been a favourite of mine for as long as I can remember;
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It's got heft!
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And not just because I'm originally a Syndeysider.
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Not sure what to make about this one - it's to carry the Lichfield canal over the M6 Toll, when they have a canal that reaches that far.
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Not strictly a bridge, but I love the Pont du Gard (grad, France) not least because it's a dry-stone construction - not an ounce of mortar in it.
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I'm still very fond of Heatherwick's rolling bridge.
The Citadel Bridge is also pretty, and makes a point.
Calatrava's work will also make most people go how? enough to almost occlude the why? eg
but I think my all time top bridge is the Pont du Gard.
Calatrava's work will also make most people go how? enough to almost occlude the why? eg
but I think my all time top bridge is the Pont du Gard.
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I walked across it along the top layer (when that was allowed), so I think that makes it a bridge
The aqueduct through the centre of Segovia is pretty impressive. But that's not a bridge, so you can do your own lookingup
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I thought the Humber bridge quite impressive, it was after all the longest bridge in the world for quite some time, the fact that it goes from somewhere no one wants to have been to nowhere else in particular only enhances its charm.
Funny after you have been across it a few times it becomes just another bit of road.
Funny after you have been across it a few times it becomes just another bit of road.
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THE RION-ANTIRION BRIDGE
An Engineering Marvel Spanning the Gulf of Corinth, Greece
An Engineering Marvel Spanning the Gulf of Corinth, Greece