Author Topic: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!) (Read 419484 times)

billplumtree · « **Reply #1500 on:** 06 July, 2015, 08:44:20 pm »

A little 'un (#131, to be precise), on the Lancaster canal:

billplumtree · « **Reply #1501 on:** 06 July, 2015, 09:34:45 pm »

Halton Road bridge, Lancaster canal #108, just beyond the Lune Aqueduct:

Dewatered canal by billplumtree, on Flickr

Could also have gone in Silly Signs, Sensible Signs, Grammar that makes you cringe, ...

Si_Co · « **Reply #1502 on:** 07 July, 2015, 08:47:00 am »

The bridge of Dunsop Bridge

billplumtree · « **Reply #1503 on:** 08 July, 2015, 10:36:21 am »

Now look, I'm not committing to owt, right? But here's Lancaster Canal Bridge #107, the Lune Aqueduct. First a view of the outside:

Lancaster Canal Bridge #107. Lune Aqueduct. by billplumtree, on Flickr

And as a bonus, while it's dewatered, the inside:

The Lune Aqueduct, dewatered. by billplumtree, on Flickr

Almost picturesque, no?

The Lune Aqueduct, dewatered. by billplumtree, on Flickr

More at https://flic.kr/s/aHskfaaUhz

phil653 · « **Reply #1504 on:** 08 July, 2015, 02:56:23 pm »

Puente Vizcaya over the Rio Nervión, Portugalete, Bilbao. The first transporter bridge, going strong since 1893 - though the middle bit was blown up in the Civil War. Repaired and reopened later.

By coincidence, four days later I spied its counterpart in Newport, Gwent from my train window. Possibly the worst photo on this thread.

phil653 · « **Reply #1505 on:** 08 July, 2015, 03:13:30 pm »

A few more bridgy goodnesses from my travels.

Puente de la Universidad, Badajoz over the Rio Guadiana. It's concrete but the early morning light made it glow today:

Two for the price of one. The Roberts on the railings of the new Puente Ajuda border crossing between Spain and Portugal. The old bridge in the background was blown up by a retreating army in 1709, two hundred years after it was built. It only took until 2000 for its replacement. And they say the pace of life is slow round here...

Old metal lifting bridge in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal, over the Rio Sado. It doesn't look as if it has opened for a very long time.

Finally one from Nyons, France, built 1407.

billplumtree · « **Reply #1506 on:** 08 July, 2015, 09:29:18 pm »

Because I just happened to be passing,

LCB 154A. Spinney Culvert under the M6 by billplumtree, on Flickr

billplumtree · « **Reply #1507 on:** 09 July, 2015, 09:27:11 pm »

LCB 130, Kellet Road Bridge by billplumtree, on Flickr

Riggers · « **Reply #1508 on:** 10 July, 2015, 09:18:37 am »

That view looking upriver with the hills in the background, is a corker.

Vince · « **Reply #1509 on:** 10 July, 2015, 09:31:42 am »

Quote from: phil653 on 08 July, 2015, 02:56:23 pm

Puente Vizcaya over the Rio Nervión, Portugalete, Bilbao. The first transporter bridge, going strong since 1893 - though the middle bit was blown up in the Civil War. Repaired and reopened later.

That brings back memories. I was working in a factory about 10 minutes walk from the east (left in the photo) end of the bridge and stayed in a hotel at the west end of the bridge. On the first night we got a taxi which went all the way to the centre of Bilbao and back out again which took the better part of an hour!

phil653 · « **Reply #1510 on:** 10 July, 2015, 03:11:07 pm »

Pedantry alert: the view is looking North towards the sea end of the Nervión, which makes the left bank in the picture the W side (Portugalete) and the right E (Las Arenas/Getxo). We had some hours to kill before the ferry, having spent the night hiding from the rain in a hotel in Baracaldo also on the W bank, as is the ferry port, so we went to see the bridge but didn't cross it. We passed both ways over the top level walkway on our last visit. It's a magnificent piece of 19C engineering, lightweight and almost spindly, yet elegant and majestic at the same time.

billplumtree · « **Reply #1511 on:** 10 July, 2015, 08:34:17 pm »

This'un can speak for itself.

LCB 132, Keer Aqueduct by billplumtree, on Flickr

LCB 132, Keer Aqueduct by billplumtree, on Flickr (click pic for wideness)

Si_Co · « **Reply #1512 on:** 10 July, 2015, 10:10:08 pm »

billplumtree you have to visit and post them in ascending number order

matthew · « **Reply #1513 on:** 11 July, 2015, 12:23:59 am »

One from my Yorkshire trip, 3 bridges for the price of 1 at Glaisdale

The road bridge I'm standing on, the packhorse bridge and the nymr viaduct.

phil653 · « **Reply #1514 on:** 11 July, 2015, 07:52:48 am »

Ooh, kudos for scoring triple points, or should that be ponts. Perhaps we should have a prize for the 'most bridges in one shot' picture - shots from plane windows not allowed as that'd be cheating a bit.

billplumtree · « **Reply #1515 on:** 11 July, 2015, 10:02:42 pm »

163, below Millness Hill:

163 by billplumtree, on Flickr

Deano · « **Reply #1516 on:** 11 July, 2015, 10:04:37 pm »

Quote from: billplumtree on 11 July, 2015, 10:02:42 pm

163, below Millness Hill:

163 by billplumtree, on Flickr

That's a slippery slope, Bill

billplumtree · « **Reply #1517 on:** 11 July, 2015, 10:05:09 pm »

Quote from: Si S on 10 July, 2015, 10:10:08 pm

billplumtree you have to visit and post them in ascending number order

Well, we all have a rebellious streak to some degree, don't we? Some ride the burning train of fury into the heart of Armageddon; others of us have an inclination to post photos of canal bridges out of numerical order...

billplumtree · « **Reply #1518 on:** 11 July, 2015, 10:06:22 pm »

Quote from: Deano on 11 July, 2015, 10:04:37 pm

That's a slippery slope, Bill

Look, I just happened to be by the canal, ok? Yes, again. But I could give it up any time I wanted.

billplumtree · « **Reply #1519 on:** 12 July, 2015, 07:49:10 pm »

I just happened to be there again... 133, Carnforth-Leeds railway bridge:

LCB 133, Carnforth-Leeds railway bridge by billplumtree, on Flickr

Deano · « **Reply #1520 on:** 12 July, 2015, 09:34:38 pm »

Say what you like about Teesside, it does good bridges.

Foot tunnel under the A66:

Tees Barrage:

Newport vertical lift bridge (note obligatory shopping trolley in the first pic), currently undergoing renovation:

I approve of the new colour scheme. Red bridges go faster

Peter · « **Reply #1521 on:** 12 July, 2015, 09:55:39 pm »

Lovely stuff, everyone. Spot-on with your punctuation, Dean (I had to check it because I couldn't see any restoration of the shopping trolley, at all). And I'll continue to say what I like about Teesside. It shouldn't take long.

billplumtree · « **Reply #1522 on:** 13 July, 2015, 08:47:04 pm »

Hodgeson's Bridge, near Borwick:

LCB 134 by billplumtree, on Flickr

LCB 134 by billplumtree, on Flickr

Not what you'd call a well-used thoroughfare,

LCB 134 by billplumtree, on Flickr

billplumtree · « **Reply #1523 on:** 14 July, 2015, 05:14:30 pm »

Borwick Hall Bridge

LCB 135, Borwick Hall Bridge by billplumtree, on Flickr

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1524 on:** 15 July, 2015, 10:37:14 am »

Lovely photos there.

Author Topic: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!) (Read 419484 times)

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