Frank Hovis Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 This has nothing to do with the new bridge being ready in case anyone is interested. Its just a random very unexpected problem that has somehow appeared from nowhere. How that happens - I do not know. I wonder how often these inspections are that found this issue ? Must be a really serious safety and structural concern to close it completely. Its going to be huge for people moving around Scotland. Not necessarily, everything's so risk adverse these days some minor condition with an outside chance of causing structural failure if winds hit 200mph would be enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberNat Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 No. Everything is tits and lager. But you can have a debate about which is the best tits and the best lager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberNat Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 Here is a photo of a massive crack: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Will this increase the price of Single Malt? and Edinburgh house prices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I heard it on the news this morning. It will cause a major inconvenience, but not to me as I don't live anywhere near it. Actually the Severn bridges are full of cracks too. I don't know when the crack is serious enough to warrant shutting a bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I heard it on the news this morning. It will cause a major inconvenience, but not to me as I don't live anywhere near it. Actually the Severn bridges are full of cracks too. I don't know when the crack is serious enough to warrant shutting a bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 It may be that the fault is minor now, but could get worse and hence needs attention. It might not in itself require the bridge to be closed, but the work performing the repair may necessitate bridge closure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Didn't a major road bridge in the USA collapse unexpectedly a couple of years ago? (No, not the Tocoma, that was decades ago) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Neptune Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I heard it on the news this morning. It will cause a major inconvenience, but not to me as I don't live anywhere near it. Actually the Severn bridges are full of cracks too. I don't know when the crack is serious enough to warrant shutting a bridge. I believe all the big suspension bridges are in trouble. Something to do with the strands breaking in the suspension cables. Wasnt there restrictions on the Forth RB just now anyway. There was even talk of putting a ferry on for HGVs at one point, until the new one is finished. Went across the Forth on the train few days back. The new bridge looks good. But the rail one is a stunning piece of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 They should get a ferry up and running, subsidise it to get people using it and out of their cars, buses from all over Fife to the Fife terminal and one free single ticket included to get you a bus from Granton or wherever into Edinburgh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Generation Game Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Doesn't look particularly low-density to me, with a small town. Next to the 10,000 people of Barton on Humber and the surrounding countryside, you must live on Salisbury plain or an equivalent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I did that crossing on a Hovercraft a few years ago. Great fun. Especially in a hooly, just before its cancelled due to high winds. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 The chain bridge on the scottish border is scary as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 You missed out the piano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer466 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 That sign is redundant now they have closed Chelsea Barracks... This was just down the road on the Northern bank of the Thames. The bridge was popular taking troops to the park (Battersee) to exercise. Marching troops (all being in step) used to start the bridge swinging.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Ferry - I think I remember seeing the old ferry piers the last time I went over the bridge, so hopefully getting a temporary one running shouldn't be too hard (if there's a ferry available from somewhere). As for the new bridge, I'd say fair play to getting it going when they did, I don't remember that much of a delay between concerns being raised about the existing bridge and work starting on a new one. Doesn't look particularly low-density to me, with a small town. This issue ahs nothing to do with the ongonig reason for building a new bridge. As others have stated - thats the cable issue. This is something else. Does anyone know what happens when they finally decide to dismantle it - how the ****** do they go about doing that ? In fact - has a suspension bridge that large ever actually been dismantled before ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choochoo Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Chaos for the choochters lol Another reason Glasgow is the best city in Scotland, much better transport infrastructure. Imagine having to divert through Kincardine twice a day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sPinwheel Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Thats OK people can just take the Fifth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 What are the other 3 closed bridges? (No one asked this yet? Off to read the thread.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choochoo Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 This issue ahs nothing to do with the ongonig reason for building a new bridge. As others have stated - thats the cable issue. This is something else. Does anyone know what happens when they finally decide to dismantle it - how the ****** do they go about doing that ? In fact - has a suspension bridge that large ever actually been dismantled before ? The way they built it, but in reverse. Start stripping it from the middle and work back towards the shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 That one sunny hour back in August must have been enough to cause the steel to contract and crack. Have ISIL claimed repsonsibility yet? Real reason a terror threat over Christmas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Miyagi Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 That one sunny hour back in August must have been enough to cause the steel to contract and crack. Have ISIL claimed repsonsibility yet? Real reason a terror threat over Christmas? Apparently it was global warming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 That one sunny hour back in August must have been enough to cause the steel to contract and crack. Have ISIL claimed repsonsibility yet? Real reason a terror threat over Christmas? I heard it differently, apparently there was a day in September where it didn't rain all day and the bridge couldn't cope with drying out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riedquat Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Next to the 10,000 people of Barton on Humber and the surrounding countryside, you must live on Salisbury plain or an equivalent. Derbyshire actually, edge of the Peak District, and it would be nicer here with fewer too (it's mostly the sprawl heading into Manchester although everywhere else has its sprawl of modern houses that are at least as big as anything older significantly changing the atmosphere). Anyway local density is affected by whatever is in a much bigger area than can be seen in that picture. About the only part of England that I've spent much time in that doesn't feel over-dense is Cumbria. Best for Scotland if they let the bridge fall down to stop any flood north into their nice empty bit (although the bit between England and Edingburgh is mostly nice too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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