Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)

[mrcharly-YHT]

I can't see the point of the bridge being raised to high.  The far bank appears slightly higher, but surely a flat ramp would have sufficed.  or do miniature sailing ships need to pass under the bridge?

Probably so it doesn't get washed away in floods.

[L CC]

Isn't it so small children can hide underneath and say 'who's that trip-trapping over MY bridge?'

[Kim]

Audax hotel, innit.

[MikeFromLFE]

I can't see the point of the bridge being raised to high.  The far bank appears slightly higher, but surely a flat ramp would have sufficed.  or do miniature sailing ships need to pass under the bridge?

Probably so it doesn't get washed away in floods.

That's probably the intention, but the quality of the construction of the path makes me think that when it does flood - and I think it will - the path will vanish leaving a bridge to nowhere.


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[Cudzoziemiec]

They've put the ramp on the wrong side, too.  Brits tend to be used to pushing their bike from the left.

If it's wrong going up, it's right coming down and vice versa. Either a ramp each side or a single ramp in the middle with steps each side. We can dream!

[Kim]

They've put the ramp on the wrong side, too.  Brits tend to be used to pushing their bike from the left.

If it's wrong going up, it's right coming down and vice versa. Either a ramp each side or a single ramp in the middle with steps each side. We can dream!

In Birmingham, we have a set with three ramps to choose from: http://www.birminghamcyclist.com/forum/topics/new-canal-access-at-five-ways?commentId=3004025%3AComment%3A167319

[Cudzoziemiec]

I see one on each side (and a train ticket dropped on the ground).

[Kim]

I see one on each side (and a train ticket dropped on the ground).

If you look carefully on the far left (compare with the far right, where there isn't one) you can see the original ramp, positioned so that the handrail blocks the handlebars of any normal-shaped bike.  It has an excellent grippy surface, but was basically unusable.  Once this (and the left-handed wheeling thing) were pointed out, the other two were retrofitted.

[Pingu]

Railway bridge over R. Deveron near Huntly:


IMG_9034_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

[Ruthie]

Untitled by Ruth Irving, on Flickr

Gleesk Viaduct, near Cahersiveen.

[Jayjay]

Station Road bridge, York:

Yorkshire Wolds 2014 by John Jackson, on Flickr

Little bridge at /in Nunnington Hall grounds:

Yorkshire Wolds 2014 by John Jackson, on Flickr

Helmsley Castle entrance footbridge, replacing the one Cromwell remodelled, I expect:

Yorkshire Wolds 2014 by John Jackson, on Flickr

Hull, multiple bridgery. Millennium footbridge The grey strip. Hull tidal barrier, and behind that Myton road bridge. All this time and I've only just noticed the green statue figure in shot, above the cyclist on the right.

Kelsey power tool 2013 - R. Hull tidal barrier by John Jackson, on Flickr

Forgot about this one! Behind the Black Country Living Museum:
Edit - hand cranked 

BCLM dock area, viewed from bridge on the towpath by John Jackson, on Flickr

Dudley Tunnel Branch canal - looking the other way from the slightly rustic footbridge:

Dudley Tunnel Branch canal by John Jackson, on Flickr

[Jayjay]

Horkstow Bridge (next time will get a proper view of it, plenty on the WWW though):

Horkstow Bridge by John Jackson, on Flickr

[Cudzoziemiec]

This "ribbed" arch bridge takes the Taunton to Westbury line over a B-road just east of Somerton.

[Kim]

Edisford Bridge, Clitheroe

[Cudzoziemiec]

The top of a bridge with more bridge bits on top of it.

M50 bridge Pendock by Cudzoziemiec, on Flickr

[Pingu]

Feanor posted this one recently, you're getting it again. Spey viaduct near Garmouth.


IMG_9060_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr


IMG_9062_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

[MikeFromLFE]

On a new bridge over the M1 between junctions 21 & 21A (taken with a Lomo Cosmic35)


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[Pingu]

One day I'll ride over this one.


IMG_9108_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

[madcow]

Pedant alert-that's Lendal Bridge, though it's Station Road crossing it .
Even the river bridge nearest the station isn't called Station bridge-it's called Scarborough Bridge , because the railway tracks that it carries go to the seaside town.

[Pingu]

Bridges over the mighty River Dordogne in le Mont-Dore:


IMG_9302_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr


IMG_9213_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

[Pingu]

Somewhere in deepest, darkest France, a railway viaduct:


IMG_9137_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

[Ben T]

in Brittany somewhere.

DSC_4562 by Ben Taylor, on Flickr

[Si S]

Over the Sankey canal

[Mr Larrington]

P8310181 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr

Highway 383 over Prairie Dog Creek, Almena, Kansas.

[Mr Larrington]

Much bridginess today:


Great Platte River Road Archway Monument, across I-80, Kearney, Nebraska by Mr Larrington, on Flickr


Bridge over some inconsequential pond just next to the above by Mr Larrington, on Flickr


Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge across the Mighty Missouri, Omaha, Nebraska by Mr Larrington, on Flickr


I-480 bridge with railroad bridge in background, Omaha by Mr Larrington, on Flickr


Same railroad bridge from a bit closer up by Mr Larrington, on Flickr


Bridgey-flyovery mish-mash, Omaha by Mr Larrington, on Flickr


Bridge over nothing much at all, Lewis & Clark Landing, Omaha by Mr Larrington, on Flickr


I-80 bridge over the Mighty Missouri, Omaha by Mr Larrington, on Flickr.  Same road passes a stone's throw from the Super 8 in Battle Mountain...

Next bunch are all from the model railway in Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha:


P9010207 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr


P9010208 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr


P9010210 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr


P9010211 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr


P9010212 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr


I-80 over the Mighty Missouri, from a slightly different angle by Mr Larrington, on Flickr