On the webcam thing

Post #233,503 by pwhysall 11/11/05 7:55:31 AM 11/11/05 7:58:16 AM Reply	On the webcam thing I'll drive past this on the way home tonight: [image\|http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/webcams/live/cleveland.jpg\|\|\|\|] That pic's from an angle which belies the true shape of the bridge, BTW. [link\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesbrough_Transporter_Bridge\|http://en.wikipedia....ransporter_Bridge] Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! Edited by pwhysall Nov. 11, 2005, 07:58:16 AM EST Expand All History
Post #233,504 by Another Scott 11/11/05 8:21:36 AM Reply	[jaw drops] That's about the weirdest bit of functional civil engineering I've ever seen. When I first saw the picture I thought the whole span moved up and down and wondered - What, do they move a Feris wheel back and forth underneath it? The wikipedia link helped clear that up. :-) The [link\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Bridge_%28railway%29\|Forth Bridge] is neat too. My father has a book on it (I've not seen it). [link\|http://www.instacam.com/showcam.asp?id=ALVND&size=S\|Here]'s a webcam at an elementary school a few miles from me. It's a bright sunny day but cool (a windy cold front came through yesterday). Cheers, Scott.
Post #233,505 by pwhysall 11/11/05 8:35:45 AM Reply	The Newport Bridge has the up-down thing. It's welded into the down position now, though. It's a mile or so upstream of the Transporter. [image\|http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/content_images/Images1211.jpg\|\|\|\|] [image\|http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.p.robinson/Archive.jpg\|\|\|\|] [link\|http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=5\|http://www.engineeri...ringItem.asp?id=5] Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #233,634 by tuberculosis 11/11/05 7:52:47 PM 8/21/07 5:42:16 AM Reply	There's one just like that in Vallejo CA had to radio to get it raised when I took my boat from Napa back down to SF Bay "Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 05:42:16 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #233,940 by static 11/13/05 7:45:07 PM Reply	I've seen bridges like that. The old Ryde bridge in Sydney was like that, although it doesn't lift anymore. Caused an interesting problem when they started a ferry service up the river - solved by using low profile catamarans. A number of bridges up and down the NSW coast used to have lifting sections. I think the one at [link\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batemans_Bay\|Bateman's Bay] (no picture) still does. We have a few opening bridges right in Sydney, though. One is the [link\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrmont_Bridge\|old Prymont bridge] (now a pedestrian walkway) over the mouth of Darling Harbour. It has a turning section. Another is the Spit Bridge across [link\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Harbour\|Middle Harbour]. It has a tilting section and has set opening times because the road across is a major thoroughfare. Wade. "Insert crowbar. Apply force."
Post #233,945 by drewk 11/13/05 8:55:00 PM Reply	Several good ones in Cleveland [link\|http://www.dealessi.com/civic/cleveland.html\|Overview] [link\|http://www.americanbridge.net/projects/struct/detail.php?jobnum=8101190\|http://www.americanb...hp?jobnum=8101190] [link\|http://www.photohome.com/photos/ohio-pictures/cleveland/bridge-no-3-2.html\|http://www.photohome...ridge-no-3-2.html] [link\|http://www.americanbridge.net/projects/struct/detail.php?jobnum=P007BR\|http://www.americanb...php?jobnum=P007BR] [link\|http://www.placesintown.com/cleveland/cleveland_bridges1_lg.jpg\|http://www.placesint...d_bridges1_lg.jpg] [link\|http://www.placesintown.com/cleveland/cleveland_bridges2_lg.jpg\|http://www.placesint...d_bridges2_lg.jpg] [link\|http://www.placesintown.com/cleveland/cleveland_bridges3_lg.jpg\|http://www.placesint...d_bridges3_lg.jpg] And a [link\|http://www.americanbridge.net/projects/struct/movable.php\|cool page] I found while looking for those. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #233,961 by ben_tilly 11/13/05 9:50:25 PM Reply	Victoria has one of those [link\|http://www.well.com/~wolfy/Victoria/0906/page23.html\|http://www.well.com/.../0906/page23.html] Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #233,967 by cforde 11/14/05 12:33:10 AM Reply	tilts up from one end the others go straight up. Kelowna (interior BC) has a floating bridge with a tilt-up span as well. These things are dangerous becaues the road bed on the tilting section is open mesh steel, like a seive. Two wheeled vehicles tend to "squirm" when crossing them. Here's another [link\|http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_water_bridge.htm\|amazing bit of engineering]. Have fun, Carl Forde
Post #234,154 by static 11/14/05 8:41:51 PM Reply	Amazing. I've heard of elevated canals in Holland, too. Wade. "Insert crowbar. Apply force."

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