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Mr Larrington

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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1325 on: 26 September, 2014, 02:01:09 am »
I bin meaning to take a look at this bridge for ages and finally got the chance today:



It's in better nick than the Dewey Bridge bagged in Utah what feels like eons ago, but doesn't look terribly special from this angle.



But from this angle it's a bit more dramatic.  'tis the Royal Gorge Bridge and is either 955 feet (Wikinaccurate) or 1053 feet (the operator's web site) above the Arkansas River.  Built in 1929; was the highest bridge in the wurrrrld until surpassed by those Heathen Chi-Knees in 2001.  Highest bridge in USAnia still - the Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge down at the Hoover Dam is second, Glen Canyon Bridge is sixth, yesterday's Rio Grande Gorge Bridge is seventh and Navajo Bridge is at number nine, so I've got some good bridges this year ;D



This is what's at the bottom of the gorge - Arkansas River and scenic railroad.

If you are at all scared of heights it is a deeply Scary Thing.  I know it's been there for eighty-five years and that if you can drive a three tonne pickup over it then even the mass of Fatpot Larrington is not going to cause it to fold up like a house of cards, but it makes unsettling noises, you can feel it moving even in the gentle winds of this afternoon and the bridge deck appears to be made of second-hand railway sleepers.  And you can see straight down through the gaps between them :sick:

All in all, if I'm going to cross the Arkansas River, I prefer something like this:



Bridge carrying a park road across the said Arkansas River just downstream of Pueblo Dam.  See how it can support a three tonne pickup without wobbling :-\
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CrinklyLion

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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1326 on: 26 September, 2014, 06:08:22 am »
.... so I've got some good bridges this year ;D


You're not bloomin' kidding! :D  :-*

billplumtree

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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1327 on: 27 September, 2014, 06:31:00 pm »
Eskdale:


CrinklyLion

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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1328 on: 27 September, 2014, 08:44:10 pm »
That definitely gets triple points if it was on the second post-injury bike-trip of the year that you took it :)

billplumtree

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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1329 on: 27 September, 2014, 09:29:05 pm »
fraid not.  It was a car-borne day out to Eskdale Show.  There may be more sheepishness along shortly

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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1330 on: 27 September, 2014, 09:49:32 pm »
Eskdale:



Stop posting photos of Esdakle cos you're making me homesick. (BTW, that's a good swimming hole as it's possible to jump off the bridge :thumbsup:.)
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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1331 on: 01 October, 2014, 12:39:46 am »
Not the first time this bridge has featured, but thought it looked good on the way to the SAGE this evening :)
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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1332 on: 01 October, 2014, 10:53:43 pm »
Leith Docks:

Opening 4
by rjevans6, on Flickr

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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1333 on: 02 October, 2014, 09:27:49 am »
Cycle path under the main line between The Hague and Amsterdam
216km from Marsh Gibbon

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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1334 on: 05 October, 2014, 08:57:00 pm »
Calton Road, Embra


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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1335 on: 11 October, 2014, 04:40:07 pm »
Bridge over River Ythan, Methlick.


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billplumtree

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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1336 on: 12 October, 2014, 09:26:50 pm »

Packhorse bridge at Wasdale Head.  Way up there on my list of favourite bridges in favourite spots.

Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1337 on: 15 October, 2014, 09:08:42 am »
The (This'll stun you) HaHa bridge from the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.


And some fellow visitors enjoying Pooh Sticks on a slightly older bridge


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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1338 on: 15 October, 2014, 07:24:28 pm »
The (This'll stun you) HaHa bridge from the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.


Ah-ha!

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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1339 on: 16 October, 2014, 02:33:38 pm »
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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1340 on: 19 October, 2014, 07:26:07 pm »
Both sides o' th' Tweed.

Royal Borders Bridge:




20th century and 17th century road bridges:



And the Union Suspension Bridge:



The latter was really swaying in yesterday's strong breeze - I felt seasick crossing it. In today's winds, it'd probably have been a little worse.

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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1341 on: 19 October, 2014, 11:29:32 pm »
The (This'll stun you) HaHa bridge from the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.



That is indeed a bridge over a Ha-ha
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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1342 on: 23 October, 2014, 09:05:01 pm »
Stop posting photos of Esdakle cos you're making me homesick.

Oi, the same goes for Wasdale!


Packhorse bridge at Wasdale Head.  Way up there on my list of favourite bridges in favourite spots.
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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1343 on: 23 October, 2014, 09:18:49 pm »
For months now I've been passing a sign on the M5 suggesting the bridges of Gloucestershire have their own facebook page.
'tis true.

Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1344 on: 30 October, 2014, 03:18:22 pm »
I think this demonstrates a level of obsession which merits wider attention, and I don't think there's a better thread for it :D

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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1345 on: 01 November, 2014, 08:16:41 pm »
Dyance Bridge, between Headlam and Summerhouse:

Dyance Bridge by dean.clementson, on Flickr

Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1346 on: 02 November, 2014, 09:17:45 am »
M48 Severn Bridge from beneath taken yesterday at Beachley Head  :)

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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1347 on: 10 November, 2014, 09:21:25 am »
Bit of a bridge/weir thing going on near Twynham. River Adur.

Certainly never seen cycling south of Sussex

Mr Larrington

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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1348 on: 18 November, 2014, 02:03:15 pm »
Stupid PVR neglected to record it but last night's More4 prog "The World's Most Extreme Bridges" is still available on 4OD for a few weeks, bridge fans.
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billplumtree

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Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Reply #1349 on: 23 November, 2014, 04:07:02 pm »


Ålesund.  A city of two halves, joined by this tiny bridge.