Author Topic: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!) (Read 416862 times)

clarion · « **Reply #800 on:** 03 October, 2012, 11:35:57 am »

Spoilsports.

mcshroom · « **Reply #801 on:** 14 October, 2012, 09:02:50 pm »

Can I sneak an arch in as a bridge?

clarion · « **Reply #802 on:** 14 October, 2012, 09:52:19 pm »

Between Hertford and Welwyn Garden City, there used to be a branch line, which is now a cycle and pedestrian route. It passes under the north-south line, which has a large viaduct. I couldn't encompass it in one photo, so I took three. One was this morning, the other two were last night, in fading light and rain.

JStone · « **Reply #803 on:** 15 October, 2012, 09:56:52 pm »

Taken last month, one near Funchal (Madeira):

and a couple from Lisbon:

longest bridge in Europe, allegedly:

LindaG · « **Reply #804 on:** 17 October, 2012, 09:43:07 am »

You brought back some memories there! That's a NOISY bridge isn't it JStone?

JStone · « **Reply #805 on:** 17 October, 2012, 10:40:58 am »

Quote from: Lindagordinho on 17 October, 2012, 09:43:07 am

You brought back some memories there! That's a NOISY bridge isn't it JStone?

If you're referring to the last one - the cable-stayed Ponte Vasco da Gama and its 17km or so of viaducts, then at least it's not as noisy as this Scottish one - Civils silence noisy bridge! I spent a lot of time trying to get the sun on the fan of stays, and ended up with far too many pictures.

Madeira's full of dramatic new concrete bridges along the coast roads - and little spans across the levadas as well.

Pingu · « **Reply #806 on:** 21 October, 2012, 05:33:36 pm »

Five bridges over River Clyde:

IMG_0890 by The Pingus, on Flickr

Pingu · « **Reply #807 on:** 21 October, 2012, 05:35:01 pm »

Glasgow:

IMG_0888 by The Pingus, on Flickr

longers · « **Reply #808 on:** 11 November, 2012, 06:21:02 am »

Last night I was dreaming about taking photos of bridges for this thread. I'd put them on here if I could.

David Martin · « **Reply #809 on:** 17 November, 2012, 08:03:32 pm »

One I've been meaning to grab for ages, with a bonus derelict mill wheel.

DSCN0800 by davidmamartin, on Flickr

CrinklyLion · « **Reply #810 on:** 17 November, 2012, 09:39:34 pm »

That's pretty. And a yellow.... vehicle. Of some sort. Definitely bonus points for that!

(I think that we may have perplexed a number of cyclists of a several of rides in the last couple of years by playing Yellow Car/My Mini quite a lot. Even when the Cubs aren't riding)

David Martin · « **Reply #811 on:** 17 November, 2012, 09:46:00 pm »

It's a bit of a 'work in progress (or regress)'. The vehicle is a rather old excavator of some description.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #812 on:** 17 November, 2012, 09:48:49 pm »

Water looks glassy.

David Martin · « **Reply #813 on:** 17 November, 2012, 09:59:03 pm »

Still waters run deep. The Dighty burn (pronounced Dick tee) runs for about 15 miles from Lundie around Dundee to the sea at Monifeith. It was once one of the most polluted streams, powering tens of mills and feeding bleaching ponds and so on. This is about 5 miles from the source, with about 10 to go to the sea.

Pingu · « **Reply #814 on:** 22 November, 2012, 10:22:00 pm »

Potarch Bridge, River Dee

IMG_0992 by The Pingus, on Flickr

Pingu · « **Reply #815 on:** 22 November, 2012, 10:23:03 pm »

Bridge of Don

IMG_1005 by The Pingus, on Flickr

Tomsk · « **Reply #816 on:** 24 November, 2012, 07:13:29 pm »

Somewhere in an obscure corner of Essex there is a footbridge across the River Chelmer, made from a wartime US flat-bed truck. I must go and seek it out soon, if its not been swept away by all the recent floods....

clarion · « **Reply #817 on:** 25 November, 2012, 10:57:31 pm »

Two yesterday (second captured by Butterfly). I would have taken a photo of London Bridge as I walked across it in the morning, but I fell asleep from boredom just looking at it. Anyway, here we go:

Riggers · « **Reply #818 on:** 26 November, 2012, 12:48:04 pm »

Taken yesterday just going over to Alfriston (Sunday 25th Nov). Now what, you might say, could be better – a bridge, water, AND a rainbow!

… well a rain mac might have helped. Completely forgotten one needs rain as well as sun for a rainbow. Blast!

This how the view is in the summer…

Further along, we have this little bridge…

And as you can see, the river was just a tad higher than normal. Here's how it should be…

clarion · « **Reply #819 on:** 26 November, 2012, 12:49:09 pm »

Two rainbows, in fact.

Riggers · « **Reply #820 on:** 26 November, 2012, 02:00:11 pm »

Correct.

Deano · « **Reply #821 on:** 29 November, 2012, 08:02:29 pm »

And now, a bridge saved from oblivion! Or at least, the clutches of the Iranian authorities. As you're not meant to photograph important bits of infrastructure, I deleted these photos at the time, but I've finally got around to recovering them from the memory card.

I'm quite pleased, as it's a hell of a bridge. There's sticking it to the (Iranian) man.

L CC · « **Reply #822 on:** 29 November, 2012, 08:25:58 pm »

Nice.

CrinklyLion · « **Reply #823 on:** 29 November, 2012, 08:40:56 pm »

Actually, I think it might just be boab-wording nice, that one....

CrinklyLion · « **Reply #824 on:** 30 November, 2012, 08:08:52 pm »

I don't have a picture of it, I'm afraid, but when I collected the Cubs from after school club one of the playworkers said "Oh, I must show you something!".

EldestCub, with a few others, was industriously tidying away a load of string and wooden blocks, at the time. I hustled the Smallest into his coat and, as we were collecting belongings, the playworker came and showed me a picture they had taken on the club camera.

EC and friends had constructed the most simply marvellous suspension bridge from blocks and wool. And when told to tidy it away he had apparently said, "But I want to show my mum! She LOVES bridges!"

Author Topic: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!) (Read 416862 times)

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