Oooh, aaah - I love the bridges of this side of the country - especially this style because it is just something we never had in WA so it has novelty value as well as intrinsic style.
It took me a while to get used to all of the bridges when I first started visiting - I couldn't work out why I hadn't noticed them back West until I remembered it was flat (no overpasses) and there was very little rain (nowhere near as many rivers) which all added up to not as many bridges. Okay, it was a blonde day lol
Posted this pic for a few reasons- 1 It was built during the depression, at the same time as Sydney Harbour Bridge 2 It involved a lot of manpower (+ horse and steam) 3 The pylons use shingle that was taken off my back paddock and put on barges to be transported to the bridge site (about 10 miles ) 4 Contrary to the boasts of the people of Boston USA, there are at least 2 bridges in the world that "a boat can sail under a train, which is under a car, which is under a train" ;)
Brilliant RG... but boy is this bridge a bottleneck..lol... a sign of the times though...wow fancy your shingle being used...you have a lot of history in your paddock... :)
The "Bendy" Bridge is a bottleneck nowadays, our forefathers did plan for expansion, but could not have visualised having "B Doubles" crossing the river on this bridge - the biggest trucks then would have been 12 ton all up max, not 55-60 ton. There has been a lot of debate and consultation over the last few years into building a second bridge over the river here - and the result theat the "beancounters" are giving the nod indicates NO foresight past the next 5 years on their part (they will have collected their money and dissappeared by then)- rather than look 50+years forward and risk upsetting a few (wealthy) citizens and the "local" indigenous community.
Love it! Our local gov't. has been arguing for years over a new proposed bridge to connect my end of town with Indiana. With all the $$$ they've spent studying it, they could've already built the darn thing 3x over! I'm beginning to wonder if I'll ever see it in my lifetime. The scariest bridge I've ever crossed was the one over Chesapeake Bay... seemed to go on FOREVER!!
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Oooh, aaah - I love the bridges of this side of the country - especially this style because it is just something we never had in WA so it has novelty value as well as intrinsic style.
It took me a while to get used to all of the bridges when I first started visiting - I couldn't work out why I hadn't noticed them back West until I remembered it was flat (no overpasses) and there was very little rain (nowhere near as many rivers) which all added up to not as many bridges. Okay, it was a blonde day lol
Posted this pic for a few reasons- 1 It was built during the depression, at the same time as Sydney Harbour Bridge
2 It involved a lot of manpower (+ horse and steam)
3 The pylons use shingle that was taken off my back paddock and put on barges to be transported to the bridge site (about 10 miles )
4 Contrary to the boasts of the people of Boston USA, there are at least 2 bridges in the world that "a boat can sail under a train, which is under a car, which is under a train" ;)
Sorry all -last line should read ", which is under a plane."
Brilliant RG... but boy is this bridge a bottleneck..lol... a sign of the times though...wow fancy your shingle being used...you have a lot of history in your paddock... :)
Reminds me of the bridges and swampland in Louisiana. When we lived in Houston, we would travel to Louisiana quite a bit.
The "Bendy" Bridge is a bottleneck nowadays, our forefathers did plan for expansion, but could not have visualised having "B Doubles" crossing the river on this bridge - the biggest trucks then would have been 12 ton all up max, not 55-60 ton.
There has been a lot of debate and consultation over the last few years into building a second bridge over the river here - and the result theat the "beancounters" are giving the nod indicates NO foresight past the next 5 years on their part (they will have collected their money and dissappeared by then)- rather than look 50+years forward and risk upsetting a few (wealthy) citizens and the "local" indigenous community.
Love it!
Our local gov't. has been arguing for years over a new proposed bridge to connect my end of town with Indiana. With all the $$$ they've spent studying it, they could've already built the darn thing 3x over! I'm beginning to wonder if I'll ever see it in my lifetime.
The scariest bridge I've ever crossed was the one over Chesapeake Bay... seemed to go on FOREVER!!
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