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Re: Batman Bridge
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lugnet.loc.au
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Mon, 4 Feb 2002 03:40:15 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Jamie Crothers writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Ross Crawford writes:
> > Not satisfied with my truss bridge, I decided to build a cable-stayed
> > bridge, based loosely on the Batman bridge over the Tamar river in Tassie.
> > Here it is: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=112068
> Fantastic , The Batman Bridge is the world's first cable-stayed
> truss bridge, utilising a 100 metre high A-frame tower , being only 30 kms
> from home I have crossed the Batman many 100s of times ,and actually know
> the group of painters who last painted the A frame supports ,one of which
> did a hand stand at the very top of the 100+ meter high tower.heres a link
> to a pic of the Cable Trolley they use to get to the top.
> Cheers
Did a quick search and found this
http://www.wtc.tas.gov.au/html/photographs_batmanbridge.html and this
http://www.tamar.com.au/proj-f00.htm (which I think may have been the trolley
you mention).
As you can see, I took a bit of liberty with the design - the tower leans a bit
too far, and although it narrows toward the top, I needed to make sure trains
could fit through, so it's not really an 'A' frame. My bridge is also
proportionally way shorter than the Batman, so only needs two stays.
But I did it from memory, so it was never really intended to be an accurate
representation 8?)
ROSCO
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