Author Topic: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!) (Read 419491 times)

JStone · « **Reply #375 on:** 17 October, 2011, 04:58:39 pm »

A small selection of new-ish footbridges over the Spree in the centre of Berlin

nicknack · « **Reply #376 on:** 19 October, 2011, 09:54:43 am »

Another dull bridge on Sittingbourne's new Northern Relief Road. This one's over the light railway.

Salvatore · « **Reply #377 on:** 22 October, 2011, 04:42:38 pm »

Two of the Stege across the Kocher in Schwäbisch Hall. In 1975 & 1976 I would rush across these every morning in an attempt to get to the Goethe Institut on time. Sometimes successfully.

woollypigs · « **Reply #378 on:** 22 October, 2011, 04:52:48 pm »

Near Wanaka in New Zealand

JonBuoy · « **Reply #379 on:** 23 October, 2011, 01:02:02 pm »

A poor photo of an elaborate footbridge at Cromford Station.

Minninglow Embankment and Bridge on the High Peak trail.

Both taken on the Peak Tunnels Ride

Luke · « **Reply #380 on:** 25 October, 2011, 02:31:02 pm »

A couple from a recent trip to Northumberland.

IMG_0016 by Hey look, it's Luke!, on Flickr

IMG_0009 by Hey look, it's Luke!, on Flickr

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #381 on:** 26 October, 2011, 01:41:45 am »

1930's (?) concrete over the Avon on Feeder Road, next to the Feeder Canal to the Floating Harbour.

Poor quality phone pic, again.

thelazycyclist · « **Reply #382 on:** 26 October, 2011, 08:14:40 am »

A few bridges from around Teesside from last Saturday's ride.

thelazycyclist · « **Reply #383 on:** 26 October, 2011, 08:22:53 am »

Also, you might like this one. Carrbridge on NCN Lochs and Glens North. A very old bridge. Can't remember how old, but old.

David Martin · « **Reply #384 on:** 26 October, 2011, 01:50:30 pm »

Is Carrbridge the one that has appeared most times in this thread?

Just in case, here is another pic of it.. (reposted)

DSC00457 by davidmamartin, on Flickr

mcshroom · « **Reply #385 on:** 26 October, 2011, 05:29:38 pm »

The bank of Scotland have a whole set of bank notes based on Bridges at the moment. - link

mcshroom · « **Reply #386 on:** 26 October, 2011, 05:46:46 pm »

A few from my trip round Scotland last week: -

Bridge over Loch Creran

Loch Leven Bridge

The Bridge of the Corran Ferry

Road and Rail bridge across the end of the Caledonian Canal at Neptune's staircase - with added kettle engine

Bridge over Caledonian canal

Footbridge across the River Ness in Inverness

Another bridge across the Ness

A9 bridge over the Beauly Firth

Culloden Viaduct

Two bridges - a temporary bridge on the left and a stone bridge on the right near Cock Bridge

Bridge on the road up to the Cairnwell Pass

and finally

Forth Road bridge (from a train on the Forth Bridge)

tonyh · « **Reply #387 on:** 27 October, 2011, 05:34:31 am »

Scotland. Mmmmmm.

CrinklyLion · « **Reply #388 on:** 27 October, 2011, 09:29:02 am »

I'm going to go there on m'bike one day y'know. Stolen train tickets and broken elbows notwithstanding...

I mean, look at all those bridges! It would be rude not to visit

jogler · « **Reply #389 on:** 27 October, 2011, 02:54:35 pm »

Scotland is en route when doing an E2E

Actually my PlanA e2e routeplan was based on a theme of bridges.I actually rode PlanC with makeitupsometimes modifications.

The hardest part is getting to the start line.

You could do it onna tandem with a child trailer.I happen to know where such things are available

mcshroom · « **Reply #390 on:** 27 October, 2011, 03:21:43 pm »

I'd recommend the Great Glen as a route with lots of bridges, and nice scenery (it dominates the photos I took of the trip).

Either start at Fort William and ride it in a couple days (stop at Fort Augustus), or Oban/Connel Ferry and ride it in three (stop at FW and FA). You can use Youth Hostels all the way up and catch the train back from Inverness. There are a few shortish stretches of main road, some comedy off roading (Forestry Commission style) and only one serious Optical Illusion

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Deano · « **Reply #391 on:** 27 October, 2011, 06:05:37 pm »

My dad built Ballachulish Bridge, mcshroom. I hope you haven't been wearing it out.

Salvatore · « **Reply #392 on:** 30 October, 2011, 10:10:35 am »

Some Romanian bridges, including one built for the owner's convenience.

Salvatore · « **Reply #393 on:** 30 October, 2011, 10:19:54 am »

An ex-bridge in Sardinia

fuzzy · « **Reply #394 on:** 31 October, 2011, 03:22:45 pm »

I'm looking at that bottom image thinking Danny McCaskill could get accross that

billplumtree · « **Reply #395 on:** 06 November, 2011, 04:48:27 pm »

Some of my bridges (in the sense of local, not of possession):

The old three-arch stone bridge over the Bela at Beetham

There's a modern concrete-with-stone-cladding A6-carrying twin grafted on to it. If you look really carefully, you can just about see the join underneath

Levens Bridge

Milnthorpe Bridge, at the mouth of the Bela (and the junction of the Lancashire and Cumbria cycleways)

Can't believe we haven't had this one yet! Arnside viaduct

Ditto, only artier

And this one's even more mine than t'others, cos it's at the end of my road: Leighton Beck Bridge

Other pics taken at the same time (but not involving bridges, so OT) are here

- Bill -

CrinklyLion · « **Reply #396 on:** 06 November, 2011, 05:09:20 pm »

Bridges and autumn.... lovely.

Pingu · « **Reply #397 on:** 06 November, 2011, 08:30:19 pm »

One of the bridges over the Dee in Aberdeen:

IMG_5149 by The Pingus, on Flickr

CrinklyLion · « **Reply #398 on:** 06 November, 2011, 08:38:50 pm »

I had a fairly entertaining conversation with SFUN (the slightly bonkers belgian audaxer - non-cyclist to BPB ancien, on a £150 bike, in one year) yesterday as we were wandering round Whitby. He commented that now that he'd been to England he sort of understood the bridge thing a bit more, having previously been just a little perplexed by Deano's propensity for getting the camera out at every river crossing. Because over here (and bear in mind we were crossing the swing bridge at the time) "you guys have really great bridges!".

I wonder if we have another convert....

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #399 on:** 06 November, 2011, 09:43:00 pm »

I remember an article in C+ magazine, way back around 1998 or so (when it was still a decent read), in which three blokes went cycling round Asturias in Northern Spain as a sort of extended cyclist's stag do, and one of them - can't remember if it was the groom-to-be - made them stop at every bridge so he could tell them about what a marvel of engineering each one was. In that mountainous, ravine landscape, they were looking at a wonderful lot of bridges.

Author Topic: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!) (Read 419491 times)

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